Common Loon on Tyhee Lake (Mel Coulson photo)
Our “Mother’s Day Bird & Breakfast” field trip has remained a popular event since we first ran it in 1997. Sadly, we had to cancel it last year due to COVID, but this year we decided to run it again, minus the breakfast.
On that first outing we had 28 participants and the venue was what we now call Willowvale Marsh, at the time completely undeveloped, and for breakfast we did it in style with “brunch” at the Aspen Restaurant. In later years we changed the location to Tyhee Lake and, instead of eating out at a local restaurant, made it a pot-luck brunch at the picnic shelter.
Mother’s Day birding group at Tyhee Lake (Lawrie McArthur photo)
On our trip this year 10 people showed up ranging in age from 51/2 months (start ’em early!) to 77.
With the slow start to spring and the early date of Mother’s Day (it can range from 8th to 15th May) it was relatively slim pickings. Our species list for the day totalled 23 birds, a far cry from some years when we have seen as many as 36 species.
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Surprisingly, we recorded no ducks or grebes this year and only 2 Canada Geese.
Bonaparte’s Gull (Leslie Crane photo)
A species we always look for at this time of year, Bonaparte’s Gull, was present, however we only saw one. These birds frequent local lakes in early May and then seem to disappear, presumably to their breeding sites on the margins of Alpine ponds and marshes.
The most common warbler seen was the Yellow-rumped, which is our earliest arriving warbler, plus we also saw a number of Orange-crowned and two Wilson’s Warblers. Most other warblers are yet to arrive, as are flycatchers and vireos.
Even with the reduced numbers of birds everyone seemed to enjoy their morning out and we were truly blessed with nice sunny weather. Our checklist for the day is attached.