The plan today was to head out to the Hope Airport in hopes (no pun intended) of catching something interesting. Hope Airport seems to be the birding hotspot lately with lots of interesting birds showing up over the past month. As it’s a pretty good drive from Vancouver, I had yet to make it that far east [...]
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Manning Park, Hope Airport & Harrison Hot Springs – 25Apr2011
Posted in Birding in the Fraser Valley, tagged American Goldfinch, Birding Harrison Hot Springs, Birding in Hope, Birding in the Fraser Valley, Birding Manning Park, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Hope Airport, Purple Finch, Ruffed Grouse, Sage Thrasher at Harrison Hot Springs, Vesper Sparrow, Violet-Green Swallow, White-crowned Sparrow on April 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Harrison Hot Springs – Three Times The Charm – 15Mar2011
Posted in Birding in the Fraser Valley, tagged Bald Eagle, Birding Harrison Hot Springs, Birding in the Fraser Valley, Birding Kilby Provincial Park, Birds of the Fraser Valley, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches at Harrison Hot Springs, Horned Grebe, Killdeer, Lesser Scaup, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Snow Bunting, Steller's Jay on March 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I geared myself up for trip number three out to Harrison Hot Springs in hopes of finding those GRAY-CROWNED ROSY- FINCHES. The recent postings on the Fraser Valley Birding Forum had indicated that the small flock was now up to six birds. That just betters my chances, all I need is one of the six to [...]
Back to Harrison Hot Springs – 05Mar2011
Posted in Birding in the Fraser Valley, tagged American Coot, American Robin, Audubon's Warbler, Birding in Harrison Hot Springs, Birding in Kilby Park, Birding in Sasquatch Provincial Park, Birding in the Fraser Valley, Birds of Nicomen Slough, Bufflehead, Canada Goose, Canvasback, Gadwall, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Horned Grebe, Lesser Scaup, Northern-Pygmy Owl, Pacific Wren, Pied-billed Grebe, Rick Wright, Ruffed Grouse, Sasquatch Provincial Park, Snow Bunting, Steller's Jay, Wayne Webber, Yellow-rumped Warbler on March 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It was back to Harrison Hot Springs in hopes of seeing the GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCHES on the east side of the lagoon. In the past couple of weeks they have been seen daily and photographed, so Kate and I knew that they were still hanging around. Some Vancouver area birders have made the trek 4 [...]