Bird Studies Canada, and a team of citizen scientists, comb beaches on the West Coast looking for any birds that have washed up. The intent is to get a baseline on the number of birds killed by oil spills, but of course all kinds of information can be gathered from this effort.
I did my first survey at Whiffen Spit in Sooke last Sunday.
I had never visited this park before and lucked out with a sunny, 11 degrees Celsius last day of January.
Of course that meant everyone, and their dog (literally), also visited the spit for an afternoon stroll.
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Hmmm, must get the best light to agree with the tides to get both jobs done satisfactorily.
All the same, it was good to get away from the desk and I expect good things to come from my new project in the future.
Oh, but I got this nice parting shot of a golden-crowned sparrow as I headed for home at the end of the day.
2 comments:
What a nice photo of a colourful sparrow. Not only does he seem to have personality ... he also looks like he has a thing or two to say. :))
Hello Penelope. Yes, he does seem to be a little character.
The sense I got was "Do you mind? I'm trying to eat here."
That may just be anthropormorphism, though.
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