2019 Birding Blog: Best of 2019 Part 6

As with the previous two months, pretty much all these shots were taken at Reifel Bird Sanctuary or in Point Roberts. There's a notable exception for the end of December.

November 2019

The first two shots have an unintentional experimental feel to them. The colours of the reddish leaf and the Robin's breast are similar.

American Robin - Reifel Bid Sanctuary, Ladner BC - November 2, 2019

I caught this Wigeon just as it landed in a pond.

American Wigeon - Reifel Bid Sanctuary, Ladner BC - November 2, 2019

Over at Point Roberts I captured a shot of a Harlequin Duck with something going down its gullet.

Harlequin Duck - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA - November 2, 2019

The next day I was back at the Point and saw a large flock of Sanderling. I think the duck ducked just in time.

Sanderling - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA - November 3, 2019

They landed shortly after.

Sanderling - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA - November 3, 2019

Here's a shot I like of a Killdeer in Point Roberts.

Killdeer - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA - November 10, 2019

Next is a close-up of a Song Sparrow on Remembrance Day at Reifel.

Song Sparrow - Reifel Bid Sanctuary, Ladner BC - November 11, 2019

The last two shots for November are from Point Roberts.

I'm not sure if the Gull won this battle, it flew off just after I took this.

Glaucous-winged Gull - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA - November 17, 2019

And finally a familiar bird that doesn't appear in blogs very often.

Northwestern Crow - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA - November 17, 2019

December 2019

No photos from the usual locations this month. I made a trip out to Chilliwack to pick up some golf passes and stopped at the nearby Great Blue Heron Reserve. There weren't a lot of birds, but I like this Finch shot.

House Finches - Great Blue Heron Reserve, Chilliwack BC - December 14, 2019

On Christmas Day I had an unexpected present, a Brown Creeper at eye level on our front yard Douglas Fir tree.

Brown Creeper - Front yard, North Delta BC - December 25, 2019

Another shot from the yard on Boxing Day, House Finches in the blackberries in our backyard.

House Finches - Backyard, North Delta BC - December 26, 2019

Just after Christmas, a huge Anchovy die off occurred in White Rock near the Pier. Here's a few highlights from there. The full post is probably just below this one.

There were huge numbers of Gulls at the feeding frenzy.