120 Kilopods

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

#17 Chestnut-backed chickadee

Poecile rufescens
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern

Location: Victoria, BC, Canada

Time: 1654 PDT April 11 2011

These are such neat little birds.

And there's that chestnut back

#7 Eastern grey squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern

Location: Victoria, BC, Canada

Time: 1535 PDT April 10 2011

#16 Bewick's Wren

Thryomanes bewickii
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1600 PDT April 10 2011

I hope this is right - I also got a recording of its song:

#15 Harlequin Duck

Histrionicus histrionicus
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Clover Point, Victoria, BC
Time: 1830 PDT April 10 2011

#14 American crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location:
Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1628 PDT April 10 2011

#13 Anna's hummingbird

Calypte anna
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern

Location: Victoria, BC, Canada

Time: 1611 PDT April 10 2011

Ah, the frustrations of a point-and-shoot camera. This little guy sat right in front of me for the longest time, but I couldn't get my camera to focus on him. Here's another blurry shot:

#12 Ruby-crowned kinglet

Regulus calendula
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern

Location: Victoria, BC, Canada

Time: 1610 PDT April 10 2011

#11 Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1609 PDT April 10 2011

#10 Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1552 PDT April 10 2011

Picoides pubescens
IUCN Redlist: Least Concern
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 1552 PDT April 10 2011

Another one I hope I've got right - downy woodpeckers are extremely similar to hairy woodpeckers, distinguished most readily by its smaller bill, and smaller overall size. Although there's no scale to the photo, this bird was tiny.