Yesterday afternoon as I was sitting at my desk I heard a loud thump against the window pane. All the grown birds seem to know that the glass is there, but the last weeks since the young fledglings have been around, a couple have come close. This one came more than close – he hit [...]
On the first of April we first saw this little bird at our hummingbird feeder! We couldn’t believe that one had actually come, and even less that she (the little purple patch under the chin shows it is a female – the male is much more showy!) could have any other source of food at [...]
This Friday we went for a hike at the Lynn Headwaters Regional Park up to Lynn Peak. The trail is pretty demanding with 800m climb in 4.2km distance to the peak, but really beautiful through the forest, and we only met a couple of people the whole day. Near the top we sat for a [...]
I’m going to start a small series of posts about our “little friends”, and thought I’d start with one about our favourite. Stellar’s Jays are very beautiful birds with a blue back and a high crest. And – they are very clever! We have a couple (a male and a female) which regularly come to [...]