An impulse visit to Reifel, and a quick swing by Boundary Bay over the long weekend.
Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
The fall migrants still haven’t come, it looks like. However, we did have an avocet, a rare visitor to these parts!
Also, a Belted Kingfisher. Not exactly a rarity, I’ve seen them around Reifel before, but this one seemed to go through a rough circuit around the inner ponds, making a racket with its screechy call as it went. This gave me a chance to take some decent photos, though most of the time she stayed up in trees, well hidden from the paparazzi.
Also a Red-breasted Nuthatch! That was fun, I hadn’t seen those teeny upside-down little guys in a while!
Boundary Bay
Some of the flowers were still alive and dispensing pollen, so pollinators were still out on the tansy and the asters. I was happy taking a few photos of my buzzy friends and the scenery, from around the parking lot, but I wasn’t much in the mood for a long hike. Some other time!
The photos
