Birds saw in Richmond

Aside from working from home most of this week, I went out twice to do some bird-watching and six times to dine out.  Here are the birds we saw on Thursday (at Terra Nova) and Saturday (at Richmond Nature Park).

Terra Nova

The only Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) I saw this trip.

Same with this Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus).


Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) - saw many of them this week.

American Robin (Turdus migratorius) with an interesting white area on its belly.

My mother spotted this Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) perched comfortably without the usual disturbance from crows.

Richmond Nature Park

The first thing I saw at the park was two people near the hummingbird feeder photographing this Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna).

The hummingbird taking off - perhaps after an insect (a blurry spot at the right side of the photo)?

A Red-tailed Hawk flew by and scared all the birds near the feeders.

 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

Unidentified finch singing away.

 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) - a bird that I haven't seen in a while.




Got several close-up shots of a chickadee.  Too bad a branch was behind the scene.

Flying back to Ottawa this evening.  Time to return to school and re-enter the freezing winter.