Yesterday proved to be a good day for our birding correspondent, John Tschopp, with sightings of a portrait-ready snow bunting, a peregrine falcon in a roadside cottonwood, trumpeter swans, northern harriers and even a kestrel. Tschopp had already spied a small flock of snow buntings, the previous week. Rare visitors to Pemberton Valley, snow buntings … Continue reading Birds of November: raptors, snow buntings, and a great horned owl
Earlier this spring, Stewardship Pemberton reported hearing the call of the northern saw-whet owl in the 'hood. The Saw-whet Owl's name comes from the "skiew" call that is made when alarmed. This sound has a resemblance to the whetting of a saw. (Follow this link to listen to the call - a series of whistled … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Spotted by local bird expert, John Tschopp, dropping by for a visit last week, for a good feed of Upper Meadows worms, on its way north: the long-billed curlew. The long-billed curlew is the largest nesting or regularly occurring sandpiper in North America, also sometimes called the sicklebird or candelstick bird. Back in 2005, Whistler … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Long-billed Curlew
Stewardship Pemberton shared that Northern Saw-whet Owls have been calling in Pemberton over the past week. It may surprise you what they sound like! A small owl of all types of woodlands, the Northern Saw-whet Owl can be found roosting in winter in small, dense conifer trees, sometimes even in parks and gardens. Its defense … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Northern Saw-whet Owl
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