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Chuck Rumsey
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Birding | Photography | Living along the Pacific Flyway in Vancouver Canada.
Trumpeter Swan. Harrison Mills, BC, November 2025.

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November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I can’t be sure what’s being communicated between this #Mr&Mrs Hooded Merganser couple, but there is something familiar about the contrite look on the male. Delta BC, November 2025.

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November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
An evening dance between a Northern Harrier and Short-eared Owl, captured in #silhouette for the #birdoftheday. Richmond BC, November 2025.

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November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A Short-eared Owl flirts with the setting sun as it hunts the Fraser River Delta. Richmond BC, November 2025.

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November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This probably wasn’t the intent of the #birdoftheday challenge, but I snapped this Bald Eagle landing on some interesting #round infrastructure last evening in Richmond BC. November 2025.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A Toucan Barbet engages in a #staredown for the #birdoftheday. Val del Cauca, Colombia, April 2025.

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November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
November brings rain and darkness to this part of the world, but it also brings back the Short-eared Owl. I’ll take that trade any day. Richmond BC, November 2025.

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November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great Blue Herons on the Fraser River delta spend a lot of time perching on the decaying wooden pylons that dot the tidal areas, making them an easy subject for today’s #birdoftheday subject #posts.

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November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Mallard comes into land on the Fraser River delta allowing it to join the other #ducksoutofwater for #birdoftheday. Richmond BC, November 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy #Wrensday wishes from this vocal Marsh Wren in Delta BC. October 2025.

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November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A Black Oystercatcher lives up to its name as it explores today’s #birdoftheday theme, #ontheground. Comox BC, December 2024.

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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
With its very, very narrow subtropical Andean range, I’m not surprised to have only one capture of a Cinnamon Flycatcher. Valle del Cauca Colombia, April 2025. #birdoftheday #least.

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November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This Northern Harrier tries to slide a ”hovering” shot into the #birdoftheday “takeoff” theme. Richmond BC, November 2025.

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November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A Northern Harrier tangles with a Short-eared Owl over the tidal flats of the Fraser Delta. November 2025.

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November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This Yellow-rumped Warbler pops up for a quick lunch in Richmond BC. October 2025.

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November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This Raven was all too eager to pose for a closeup and the #birdoftheday. Prince Rupert BC, October 2025.

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November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This Great Blue Heron stretches skyward in a hopeful attempt to qualify its long beak for the alt #birdoftheday.

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November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A “grey ghost” Northern Harrier perches in the rain, overlooking the Fraser River delta in Richmond BC. November 2025.

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November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The sun peeks through the thick canopy to put a quick spotlight on my #birdoftheday, a Keel-billed Toucan looking straight back at the camera. Selva Minca Colombia, April 2025.

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October 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A Northern Harrier glides by showing off for the #birdoftheday theme. Delta BC, October 2025.

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October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This House Finch and #BirdoftheDay is clearly thinking “is there a crumb on my beak? You’d tell me, right?” Richmond BC, October 2025.

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October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When the #birdoftheday is ‘raptors’ my go to is always going to be the Northern Harrier, including this evening hunter moving across the marshlands of Richmond BC. October 2025.

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October 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A Glistening-green Tanager seemed an appropriate subject for the #birdoftheday theme today. Valle del Cauca, Colombia, April 2025.

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October 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Had to reach back to spring to join the #birdoftheday with this singing Redwing Blackbird. Richmond BC, March 2025.

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October 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A couple of characters (Caspian Terns) loitering on the beach in Delta BC. April 2025.

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October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM