March 2020 - Backyard Birds and Bog Shots

This is the last post for March. It's a collection of shots taken in our backyard or down in Burns Bog. Since I've been working from home, I have made a habit of going down to the Nature trail in the bog at the end of my workday.

It's very sparse for birds, but there's some nice scenery shots. It's tough to spot birds down there as the sun is pretty much obscured by the tall trees. It's even harder to get a good shot of a bird in those conditions.

We have had two species hogging our seed feeder for the last couple of months, Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches. The Siskins come in numbers and occupy most of the feeding ports. The Goldfinches don't back off, but they are less frequent visitors.

Al the feeder shots in this post were taken through a window, which is in a very difficult place to clean.

American Goldfinch and Pine Siskin - North Delta BC

Once it has an open port, the Goldfinch holds on to it.

American Goldfinch - North Delta BC

This is the path I walk in the Bog, it's lovely and kind of spooky looking, or would be in the dark.

This house has quite the back yard. All of the houses above the bog on the street below us are huge, sometimes up to four levels. 

We had a pile of construction rubble in he back yard, which seemed to attract this Golden-crowned Sparrow I was able to zoom in on the bird quite nicely.

Golden-crowned Sparrow - North Delta BC

And one last shot of an American Goldfinch. 

I cheated a bit on the title as this was taken on April 2.

American Goldfinch - North Delta BC