Yellow-rumped warbler in my backyard, May 6, 2026. (Robin Rowland)
May has been a very busy month, so I am posting the best or most interesting bird photos for the month in one go.
I was on my back, having an afternoon cup of tea, when this male yellow-rumpled warbler flew out of the cedar tree and onto the power line.
Another shot of the yellow-rumped warbler on May 6. (Robin Rowland)A savannah sparrow in the grass, May 6. (Robin Rowland)A dark-eyed juno on my back deck, May 9. (Robin Rowland)The junco takes off. (Robin Rowland)A bald eagle high over head on May 14. (Robin Rowland)A pair of ravens high over head on May 14. (Robin Rowland)A western wood-peewee in the gully bush, May 14. (Robin Rowland)Another shot of the western wood-peewee. (Robin Rowland)A crow in the gully bush, May 16. (Robin Rowland)A steller’s jay on my back deck,May 19 (Robin Rowland)A warbling vireo in the gully bush, May 20. (Robin Rowland)A raven on a roof, May 22. (Robin Rowland)Chestnut backed chikadee on m deck May 24. The feeder had spilled in a high wind. (Robin Rowland)A female purple finch on my back deck, May 24. (Robin Rowland)A second lighter coloured female purple finch looks at me from my deck, May 24. (Robin Rowland)A small crow on the shore of Wahtl Creek, MK Bay, May 26. (Robin Rowland)
On May 26, shooting at MK Bay at the mouth of Wahtl Creek, two small crows landed near the water. The smaller crows were once called Northwestern Crows, but now the experts say they are just American crows.
The second small crow at the mouth of Wahtl Creek, May 26. (Robin Rowland)A male common merganster shows off for the females. Minette Bay West Park, May 26. (Robin Rowland)A male common merganster shows off for the females. Minette Bay West Park, May 26. (Robin Rowland)A barn swallow landed briefly in the shelter at Minette Bay West Park, May 26. (Robin Rowland)
It was a beautiful warm sunny summer afternoon on Thursday June 18, 2026. I took a break to sit out on my back deck. I just happened to glimpse at a female rufous hummingbird sitting in the cedar tree beside the deck. She has visited my feeder as few days before in a nasty rainstorm. […]
In one month the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Fifty years ago, Canada gave a birthday gift to the United States, a glossy coffee table book of high quality photographs that was at the time the “longest undefended border” in the world. It was called Between Friends/Entre Amis. […]