The Trumpeter Swans have returned.

Hooded Merganser.

A Red Tailed Hawk with a deformed beak.

My Hummingbird photos for Wednesday.

Along side the Fraser River i found this pair of Bald Eagles, A juvenile and one of its parents.

It was 4:30 PM when i came across this large flock of Starlings. Normally we don`t get such large flocks in the Fraser Valley.

Canada Geese.

Great Blue Herons.

Western Meadowlark,

The Horned Grebe.

With this Red Necked Grebe i have photographed the 4 Grebes that we have here in British Columbia.

Along with the Pacific Loon which showed up in the Sumas River i found a Common Loon. The Pacific Loon is the rarer of the two but even the Common Loon is not common to this area .

Mallards, Wood Ducks, and Northern Shovellers. These drainage ditches fill up with ducks during the winter especially the ones that are tree lined.

A Great Blue Heron taking shelter from the rain.

A Killdeer.

Anna`s Hummingbird. The pair have been at my feeder now for 5 weeks i am hoping that they will stay over the winter here.

I was able to finally capture a Northern Harrier in flight.

Also along the Sumas River i found this pair of Yellow Lesser legs

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A rare bird for  Abbotsford area a Pacific Loon. These are not supposed to come inland.

A rare opportunity of photographing 2 Bald Eagles lock talons at close range. This was over a dead Salmon.

Belted Kingfisher.

Adult Merlin.

Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk. I believe this one of two that i photographed in the nest last June.

The Gr Blue Herons are also showing up more as their nesting colony is nearby.

The birds with the most beautiful songs must be the Western Meadow Larks.

The Bald Eagles are slowly returning to the Fraser River.