Today I was at Mundy Park, Coquitlam. Got another lifer thanks to a Steller’s Jay, who made a lot of noise and then flew to another tree, to a branch where a Barred Owl was trying to have some sleep.
Month: August 2010
I had to return some books to the SFU library which is on top of Burnaby Mountain, so I brought my binoculars and toured around. Signs of woodpeckers but I saw none. Fresh Bear scats right on the edges of campus. But no Bear welcomed me on the trail either.
The best spot of the day was at a small place near UniverCity where there’s access to a river. Some tiny rodent scurry near my feet there. I saw Wilson’s Warbler, American Goldfinch, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Pine Siskin and some other little birds I couldn’t identify. On the trail itself I hardly saw anything.
An American Robin almost attacked me.
His companion Robin managed to call with two berries in his/her beak.
The seeds were sown at Burnaby Lake Park over the months of May and June 2010. I discovered nature in the middle of the urban jungle. I longed for more.
By July 1st 2010 I was an earnest birder.
May birds abound,
Sigal Blay