Dec 16 2015 A Birding Year
2015 has been a year of great adventures. Among many other endeavours I have been to the UK twice (Feb and this Dec) and I also fulfilled a life long dream to drive across Canada (May-July)
I always promised myself I wouldn't get caught up in a numbers game but there's something about ticking birds that makes it fun and educational. Below are a few random images in chronological order from the past twelve months and and a list of my 2015 Canada birds (291species)
I hope you enjoy them!
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| Pine Grosbeak Burnaby Mountain BC. |
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| Gray Wagtail Cannop Ponds Forest of Dean UK. |
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| Long-tailed Tit Brockweir UK |
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| Reed Bunting Newport Wetlands Gwent Wales UK |
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| Anna's Hummingbird Queen Elizabeth Park Vancouver BC. |
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| Loggerhead Shrike Hope Airport BC. |
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| Black-tailed Prairie Dogs Grasslands National Park Saskatchewan. |
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| Red Knot, Black-bellied Plover and Dunlin. Riverton/Sandy Bar Lake Winnipeg Manitoba |
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| Magnolia Warbler Ontario on the outward journey. |
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| Northern Parula Lake Superior Provincial Park. |
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| Nelson's Sparrow Shepody Marsh Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia |
I think this rock formation looks a little like ET!
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| Hopwell Rocks Bay of Fundy New Brunswick. |
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| Male Eider Duck flotilla. Bay of Fundy New Brunswick. |
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| Black-throated Gray Warbler Grand Manan Archipelago New Brunswick. |
 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Prince Edward Island |
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| Ovenbird Lake Superior Provincial Park Ontario. |
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| Red Fox Sleeping Giant Provincial Park Ontario. |
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| Northern Gannet St Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland. |
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| Upland Sandpiper courtship behaviour. Manitoba Birding Trail. |
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| Grasshopper Sparrow Melita Manitoba. |
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| Immature Franklin's Gull 104 Boundary Bay. |
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| Tropical Kingbird Steveston BC. |
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| White-throated Sparrow. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary. |
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| Sora Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary BC. |
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| Great Blue Herons toward Mud Bay |
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| Robin Wye Valley UK. |
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| Fieldfare Brockweir Wye Valley UK |
Finally I would like to wish everyone season's greetings and very, very birdy 2016.
Here is
2015 Year List
"It's never too late to start birding"
John Gordon
Langley /Cloverdale
BC Canada
What a beautiful year you've had John stunning photographs! Merry Christmas and here is to more good birds in the new year my friend!
ReplyDeleteThanks to you and your encouragement I had the perfect year. All the very best for 2016 and see you around in the new year.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos, John. Merry Christmas to you and yours and all the best for 2016!
ReplyDeleteMay 2016 bring you joy, health, happiness and some really good birds!
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