MALE NORTHERN FLICKERS, COLONY FARM REGIONAL PARK, COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6/11/2022

 

MALE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, COLONY FARM REGIONAL PARK. COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6/11/2022 - PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE LIST SPECIES # 1,024

   We can ID this hummingbird as a male Rufous Hummingbird as follows:

• Straight,smooth bill
• Almost entirely rufous with white chest
• White spot in back of dark eye
• Throat is irredescent and can look from dark to light and various colors depending on light

   The Rufous Hummingbird is a new species to our Photographic Life List,  which now stands at 1,024.

 

WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, COLONY FARM REGIONAL PARK, PORT COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6/11/2022 - PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE LIST SPECIES # 1023

   We can ID this tyrant flycatcher as a Western Wood-Pewee as follows:

• Overall gray, with upperparts and head darker gray and underparts and neck lighter gray
• Two pale wing bars
• Small, dark bill
• Dark eye
• Our birding guide, Mike Klotz was able to hear this bird's call and ID it as a Western Wood-Pewee. We would like to thank Mike for finding this and other species.  He knew where to find them!

   The Western Wood-Pewee is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,023.

 

BEWICK'S WREN, COLONY FARM REGIONAL PARK, COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6/11/2022 - PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE LIST SPECIES # 1,022

   We can ID this wren as a Bewick's Wren as follows:

• Brown head with a long, bold white eyebrow (this is a key field mark)
• Slightly downcurved, long and thin bill
• White throat and breast
• Gray belly
• Brown upperparts
• You can just make out that the brown tail has black bars

   Bewick's Wren is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,022.

 

SPOTTED TOWHEE, COLONY FARM REGIONAL PARK, PORT COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6/11,2022 - PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE LIST SPECIES # 1,021

   We can ID this bird as a Spotted Towhee as follows:

• Dark head and neck
• Red eye
• Dark gray upper parts with bright white spots
• Rufous flanks (we can't see rest of underparts)
• Small dark bill

   The Sotted Towhee is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,021.   

 

MALE BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, COLONY FARM REGIONAL PARK,PORT COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6/11/2022, PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE LIST SPECIES # 1,020

   We can ID this bird as a male Black-headed Grosbeak as follows:

• Black head
• Gray bill which is conical and thick at base
• Orange hind collar
• Black upperparts with two white wing bars
• Orange breast

   The Black-headed Grosbeak is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,020.

 

MALE LAZULI BUNTING, COLONY FARMS REGIONAL PARK,COQUITLAM,BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6/11/2022 - PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE LIST # 1019

   We can ID this bird as a male Lazuli Bunting as follows:

• Sky-blue head
• Dull orange breast
• White belly
• ln the 5th photo you can just make out the end of a white shoulder patch
• Notched tail

   The Lazuli Bunting is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,019.