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Sunday, May 22, 2011
#32 Harbour Seal
Phoca vitulina
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Fisherman's Wharf, Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1320 PDT May 20 2011
These seals hang around the wharf, as they are fed by tourists.
#31 Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1300 PDT May 20 2011
#30 Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1420 PDT May 19 2011
Not easily distinguished from a downy woodpecker, the hairy woodpecker is larger, with a proportionately longer bill, and lacks dark bars on the outer tail feathers, clearly visible here.
I also want to note that I've now seen 0.1% of the tetrapods (give or take)
#29 Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1700 PDT May 16 2011
I'm not 100% on this one - any help is appreciated - many more pics after the jump:
#28 Pacific Wren
Troglodytes pacificus
IUCN Redlist: Not Assessed (T. troglodytes was Least Concern)
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1635 PDT May 16 2011
Formerly included in the species Troglodytes troglodytes, which was split into 3 in 2010: T. troglodytes in Eurasia, T. hiemalis in eastern North America and T. pacifius on the North American west coast.
I lured this one in with a recording of another singing, which provoked an energetic bout of singing all around me. Despite making itself so visible, it was still hard to get a good shot, as it moved so quickly.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
#27 Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Saltspring Island, BC, Canada
Time: 1750 PDT May 15 2011
#26 White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Saltspring Island, BC, Canada
Time: 1630 PDT May 15 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
#25 Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1530 PDT May 14 2011
I don't imagine many people will be surprised to hear that taking pics of such a fast and maneuverable bird is not an easy task.
Here's a blurry picture of its orange underside
And silhouetted against an ominous sky
#24 Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1630 PDT May 13 2011
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1630 PDT May 13 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
#23 Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Thetis Lake Regional Park, BC, Canada
Time: 1420 PDT, May 8 2011
Another phone pic. A pair of ravens were chasing this eagle around the lake for a while.
#22 Canada goose
Branta canadensis
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Thetis Lake Regional Park, BC, Canada
Time: 1410 PDT May 8 2011
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