Hi All,
This morning has been when one of those days that stirs the poetry in one's
soul. Since dawn, there have been large flocks of Canada Geese flying north.
Some are in broad, informal arcs against a light grey, overcast sky, others
appear in the more usual linear V; one flock flew north directly up the
lake, riding just a few feet above the lake surface.
New arrivals today include the Red-eyed Vireo, American Redstart and Willow
Flycatcher.
The Common Snipes and Pied-billed Grebes are active and loud.
The greatest pleasure of the morning was hearing a Long-billed Curlew. They
are very rare here. Our local shorebird population is usually limited to
Spotted Sandpipers and Solitary Sandpipers with yellowlegs (either short or
tall) thrown in for spice. The magical cur-lee is a brief glimmer of all
those other shorebirds with wonderful names like Wandering Tattler and
Hudsonian Godwit that never make it this far inland.
Happy birding
Gail Spitler
Johnsons Landing, BC
spitler at wkpowerlink.com