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It has been 3 years since a sandhill crane chick was hatched at Reifel, so this would be a real bonus if these eggs make it.
I remember one time a mink got to the eggs, and while taking some photos here, I saw a mink in the background. Keep guarding them mom.
A female wood duck dove down into the pond and grabbed a frog, then proceeded to flop it around with a vengeance until finally eating it. I never knew they ate these, and it is a first see for me.
I thought it might be a revenge for the bullfrogs eating her babies earlier.
Has anyone ever heard of this before???
The goslings and ducklings are arriving in good numbers. Down at the local lake within the city they thrive quite well, because there is a lot of people that probably help keep the natural predators away.
It is the problem with minks before the hatchings.
Getting right on the ground for these shots gives me an eye to eye level.
It seems the goslings are outnumbering the ducks this year.
As you can see there are quite a few on this shot.
I'm not sure if they are all from one mother.
It's that time of year again when the little hummers build the nests around here, and one of my favourite spots to watch them collect the material is at Crescent Park in White Rock.
About each 5 minutes one or more will come to the cattails at this pond and grab the fluff from them, and with backlighting it is quite a sight.
Meanwhile I also heard some loud calls from 2 barred owls, but my search resulted in not finding them.
A couple of pileated woodpeckers were busy cracking at trees, so this park is quite active now.
It's great to see swallows back in the same haunts at George Reifel Bird Sanctuary.
.....however there was an error made on the housing in which,
the holes were too big and that allowed the
sparrows to take over.
Now they will make the
holes smaller to accommodate
the swallows.
I hope this works out for both species.
Last year in the summer I was in Penticton,
and Naramata with hopes of capturing quail,
and magpies.
It seems, though they were in numbers,
none were cooperating for a nice photo,
other than in the dark of trees or on the ground.
Late this March I had the chance to go up again for a week,
and said to myself this is my goal.
Finally!
Today we had a bit of a flickr meet. Had a fun day, then later on when out in the parking lot and ready to go I put my tripod beside my vehicle, and it tipped over, hitting Chris and Jeannie's car, then landing on the ground.
The lens is a bit messed up now, and I put a nice dent in their car. I'm not sure which I am more upset about. I hate making damage on someone else's car, but also the lens damage has not sunk in yet. It still works, but I cannot get my extender off. Oh well....stuff happens.
