This post is a ways off its time....
Hello everyone,
In my city of Kelowna we had a awesome rarity! A Forster's Tern!!!! The bird was seen around October 16-17 and was a real treat.
I set off on October 17th to the designated spot Mouth of Mission Creek. The bird was seen earlier that morning, and I had did not have high hopes for it was about 6 hours after that sighting. I arrived and found about 120 gulls. I excitedly scanned the bar for the Tern and then I saw it!! I was so pumped!!! I reached for camera and looked up again and it was gone.... I was so confused and disappointed, I stayed for a another 1/2 hour looking for him but no luck. Then 2 girls walked out onto the sandbar and they were spooking the flock. I wanted a quick look before they took off and then I saw the Forster's Tern again!!! Right then WHOOSH the flock took off. I was fuming, and quickly hopped on to the sandbar scanning the returning gulls, and the I SAW IT AGAIN! I quickly snapped some half decent photos of this rare bird, and hopped on my bike happy as can be!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145162454@N02/30098766350/in/dateposted-public/
Cheers
Matyas
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Monday, 17 October 2016
Europe Birding Trip
Hello Everyone,
This past 3 weeks has been a blast! The trip started off with a day of rest in Hungary and some lifers at my Grandma's!
The next day went through of a lot of driving through Austria and spending the night there with a great birding stud in the morning! Another 1000 kilometers later I was in Germany! 4 days were spent there in total with combinations of birding,touring Bonn and Cologne, and exploring the Rhein River! I racked up quite a few species there!
Rose-Ringed Parakeet
Common Sandpiper
And a ton of Eurasian Jay's
My family and I then moved on towards Strasbourg and Switzerland. Strasbourg was a favorite town so far and Switzerland we only really drove fast through Switzerland. We arrived for are first of 8 days in Italy. We stayed at beautiful Lago Maggiore for a day and explored the hilltop city of Varese. We then moved on to coastal towns like Lerici and the Cinque Terra! I snapped a beautiful picture of the evening sky in Lerici!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145162454@N02/30091420950/in/dateposted-public/
We stayed in Pisa for a few days and saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa and explored the town of Luca.
Then we stayed 3 days in VENICE! It was still a beautiful day in rain, the place is really amazing with its canals,buildings,streets, and the amount of tourists! We then were on our last 3 days of our journey, which we would spend in Hungary!
I went on one of those days to a birding banding center. It was a great experience seeing a quite a good amount of lifers, my highlight being a Moustached Warbler!
The trip was a really great experience and I hope to go again soon.
This past 3 weeks has been a blast! The trip started off with a day of rest in Hungary and some lifers at my Grandma's!
The next day went through of a lot of driving through Austria and spending the night there with a great birding stud in the morning! Another 1000 kilometers later I was in Germany! 4 days were spent there in total with combinations of birding,touring Bonn and Cologne, and exploring the Rhein River! I racked up quite a few species there!
Rose-Ringed Parakeet
Common Sandpiper
And a ton of Eurasian Jay's
My family and I then moved on towards Strasbourg and Switzerland. Strasbourg was a favorite town so far and Switzerland we only really drove fast through Switzerland. We arrived for are first of 8 days in Italy. We stayed at beautiful Lago Maggiore for a day and explored the hilltop city of Varese. We then moved on to coastal towns like Lerici and the Cinque Terra! I snapped a beautiful picture of the evening sky in Lerici!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145162454@N02/30091420950/in/dateposted-public/
We stayed in Pisa for a few days and saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa and explored the town of Luca.
Then we stayed 3 days in VENICE! It was still a beautiful day in rain, the place is really amazing with its canals,buildings,streets, and the amount of tourists! We then were on our last 3 days of our journey, which we would spend in Hungary!
I went on one of those days to a birding banding center. It was a great experience seeing a quite a good amount of lifers, my highlight being a Moustached Warbler!
The trip was a really great experience and I hope to go again soon.
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