Tag: winter birds
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Chickadee in Snow
After a couple of weeks or more of nicer weather, the forecast is for our temperature to dip below freezing again for five days or so. We might even get some snow. No, say it isn’t so! Some flowers have already started to come up so they’re about to get a rude shock. I took…
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Male Anna’s Hummingbird Talking
I’m working on a series of photographs of the two Anna’s hummingbirds (a male and a female) that have taken up residence in my back yard here on Vancouver Island, British Columbia this winter. Both hummers allow me to get quite close to them. This photograph was taken after over a foot of snow was…
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Tough Times
I have to admire our Anna’s hummingbirds that spend the winter here on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. No winter migration for these tough birds! It doesn’t normally snow all that often here but this year has been extraordinary. The hummingbirds and other wildlife have been forced to overcome many adversities including snowfalls of…