A slow and sleepy Saturday with school work, some emails and a little stroll around town. The stroll produced little save very good views of a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers foraging around the Nakusp Campground plus a dashing Merlin, oh, and a soaring juvenile Bald Eagle.
What else? Well, Senor y senora, Gary y Marie Davidson recently returned from their little four week birding jaunt to Costa Rica a few days ago. And Gary was immediately keen to walk the streets of Nakusp to see the first stages of Spring. I had warned him that the American Robins had arrived and the streets were full of them. They roamed in gangs around the streets, and here and there, were joined by the odd, but still very attractive, Varied Thrush. Red winged Blackbirds were also very obvious through their tuneless songs – although 'song' is a term of some exaggeration. Most of the usual suspects were encountered on our rounds; Chickadees and Siskins, Starlings [some starting to pair up now], Northern Flickers [calling and drumming – again in not-so-quiet anticipation of Spring]. The usual Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Horned Grebes, Mallard and a few Herring Gulls were hanging around the waterfront. Two Dippers were dipping in the green waters of Kuskanax Creek. And we also saw [for me at least] two new additions for my Nakusp list;
Namely
57 Red tailed Hawk and
58 Spotted Towhee. Good stuff!
Well one more working week until the family arrives and I’m very much looking forward to seeing them and ending my long period of bachelor-dom.
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