British Columbia - Vancouver Island - Comox

                                                                                                                        Photos by Dave Kemp

Trumpeter Swans - Eastern shores of Vancouver Island

Common Loon

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BarrytheBirder 

Vancouver Island Trumpeter Swans

Photos by Dave Kemp

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Looking for cranes on Vancouver Island...

Photo by Dave Kemp

My birding friend from Vancouver Island, Dave Kemp, came across these folks looking for Sandhill Cranes.   While they looked one way, the Sandhills came from the opposite direction and casually joined the group...a simple sympatric moment.  Nice shot, Dave.

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BarrytheBirder

Seabirds on Vancouver Island by Dave Kemp...

Photos by Dave Kemp

Oystercatcher

Gull retreating

Common Goldeneye

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Vancouver Island photos by Dave Kemp...

Photos by Dave Kemp

Early morning Teal

Bald Eagles at daybreak

Birdhouses

House of Carved Birds

Royston Shipwrecks breakwater of rusted ships 

at Comox Harbour, Vancouver Island,

showing the 'The Riverdale Windjammer', one of 14 twice-retired ships

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BarrytheBirder

Richmond Hill is officially a Bird friendly City...

 

Cormorant photo by BarrytheBirder

Richmond Hill, Ontario has been recognized for its efforts to support and protect birds with a Bird Friendly City designation from Nature Canada.

From my collection...

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Western Grebe

Carved by Liza Chin - Toronto, Ontario

1987

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Recent Dave Kemp photos from Vancouver Island...

 

Photos by Dave Kemp

Bald Eagle

Shrike

Bufflehead

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Tamarack Twig Canada Geese...

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Hand-crafted Tamarack Twig

Canada Geese

These charming Canada Geese, handcrafted by native Cree artisans on the Quebec side of James Bay have been in my family for decades.   If not on display year-around at home they always make an appearance around Christmas time.   There are dozens of them in the homes of numerous family members and friends and are greatly admired for their uniquely simple, handcrafted but artistically creative representation.

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BarrytheBirder

Juncos return...

                                                                                                                Photos by BarrytheBirder

Dark-eyed Juncos

(Junco hyemalis)

Dark-eyed Juncos breed and in coniferous or mixed woodlands. In migration and winter they are found in many habitats.   Their song is a musical trill of one pitch often heard in winter.   It is winter that I see them at feeders in York Region, north of Toronto.   These sweet little birds winter mostly in the eastern U.S. and southern Ontario.   I have always found them very friendly around backyard feeders.

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BarrytheBirder

Canada Goose soaks up a few rays of November sunshine...

                                                                                                                          Photo by BarrytheBirder      Please comment if you wish.

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Canada-wide Feederwatch Program...

Photo by BarrytheBirder

The top five birds reported after just two weeks into the 2023-2024 Canada-wide Feederwatch Program are:

1.  Canada Goose-                  15.55

2. Bohemian Waxwing-       9.26

3. Evening Grosbeak-           7.62

4. House Sparrow-                 6.44

5. Wild Turkey-                       5.26

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Barry the Birder

Dave Kemp birding photos - Vancouver Island...

Photos by Dave Kemp

Bald Eagle

Broad-winged Hawk

Green-winged Teal

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Turkey Vulture...

                                                                                                     Photos by BarrytheBirder

Cathartes aura

... almost handsome

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Bold reflection...

Photo by Dave Kemp

Hooded Merganser

(Lophodytes cucullatus)

This bold attractive duck is found on both of Canada's east and west coasts, as well as in Quebec and Ontario.   It is fairly uncommon, but in the breeding season can be found on woodland ponds, rivers, sheltered backwaters, and less often on large lakes.   It winters chiefly on fresh or brackish water.   A really nice photo Dave.

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Delmanor Retirement Residence wall art...

 

Photo by BarrytheBirder

There are hundreds of pieces of art on the walls of Delmanor Retirement Residence where I live in Aurora, Ontario,, but as BarrytheBirder (my alter ego) I particularly like works of art than feature birds, such as the hummingbirds rendering above.

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Seneca College - (Lake Jonda) - Dufferin Street - King

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Canada Goose

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Late Great Blue Heron...

Photo by BarrytheBirder

I believe this is the last Great Blue Heron I will see locally this year as tomorrow is the end of October.   It was wading in the canal in the Holland Marsh, just south of Bradford.

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Barry Wallace

Carrying Place Golf & Country Club ~ Weston Road, King Township

Photo by BarrytheBirder

One of two swans on large, cold pond

at Carrying Place Golf and Country Club

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BarryWallace

New calendar from BirdsCanada...

Photo by Michael Pooley / Birds Canada

Sandhill Crane

Birds Canada is currently using this charming Sandhill Crane photo by Michael Pooley on the cover of its 2024 calendar.   By the way, I have no idea how the young colt got upon the parents back!   You can find out about important ways to give support at birdscanada.org/give.

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BarrytheBirder

   

More Kawartha Voyager photos...

Photos by Barry Wallace

Cormorants

Canal-side museum

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Barry Wallace