October 24 - Boundary Bay 64 St

Just two days before I visited this location and also Brunswick Point. Those posts are elsewhere in this blog. I returned to both locations with my friend Mary-Jean on this Saturday. I've split the visits into two posts as there's lots of photos in each post.

We arrived and parked at 64st and started the walk along the trail. The bushes on the side of trail were very active once again. The most common birds were the Yellow-rumped Warblers.

Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Imm) - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

There's always at least one or two Song Sparrows wherever you go and whatever the time of year.

   Song Sparrow - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

This is the best time of year to see White-crowned Sparrows. All of them seen here were first winter birds. I don't know where the adults go, perhaps they migrate south without the juveniles.

White-crowned Sparrow - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

We arrived at "The Mansion". It is a property off the dike which features a large duck pond in the back yard. There were a few birds using the pond today.

Mallards and Pied-billed Grebe - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

Now here's a contrast in size, a Bufflehead and a Northern Shoveler, both females.

Bufflehead (F) and Northern Shoveler (F) - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

The next birds to appear were a bit of a surprise, especially for Mary-Jean. They were a small flock of Cedar Waxwings. These birds do migrate, but may find the lower Mainland warm enough to stay late, especially in a berry rich location such as Boundary Bay.

Cedar Waxwings - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

The bird on the right is a juvenile. There were 7 or 8 birds in the flock and I tried to get photos of them all. On the same day, someone reported seeing a Bohemian Waxwing in with some Cedars. I checked all my photos, but did not get it.

It was a very birdy day on this day, even overhead. A group of Trumpeters flew over.

Trumpeter Swans - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

Back to the smaller birds, there was a flicker in nearby tree.

Northern Flicker - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

I don't like Starlings very much, but they are very striking to see sometimes. These two shots are examples.

European Starlings  - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

And they all landed, amazing the branch didn't break.

A much nicer bird is the tiny Bushtit:

Bushtit - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

The last bird  for this stop was a colourful House Finch.

House Finch - 64 St. Boundary Bay, Delta BC

We made our way back to the car and headed for Brunswick Point. That stop was quite eventful and is  detailed in the next post.