#RED HEADED SPARROW BIRD FULL#
#RED HEADED SPARROW BIRD FREE#

#RED HEADED SPARROW BIRD FULL#

They’re fairly ordinary looking but are full of character, being especially curious in the early spring while they look for a spot to settle down and nest. These cheerful little birds are easy to hear and difficult to spot, sharing the usual wren traits of flitting quickly and noiselessly from branch to branch while seeming to scold you from 12 directions at once. The straw that breaks the camel’s back in this case seems to be that they also handily outcompete our local owls, such as the Burrowing Owl. But the Barred Owl is a tougher nut to crack…it came here all by itself, enabled by our unfortunate ability to wittingly and unwittingly change the landscape around us as we settle. Invasiveness is a difficult thing to measure sometimes-typically if something is introduced by mankind and outcompetes the local species, it’s an easy call. They’re a large owl, native to eastern North America and generally considered invasive here on the West Coast. The barred owl has about the most distinctive call you could imagine-the quintessential ‘who cooks for you?!’ you’ve probably heard in the distance as the sun sets (or, more alarmingly, from directly overhead and the cats are still out).

#RED HEADED SPARROW BIRD FREE#

The WordPress royalty free photo service’s search function for specific birds is…challenging, to say the least. The only photo I have is from directly beneath an owl perched on a power line, and it’s not very flattering. I’m about 60% certain the above owl is a Barred Owl. Their population density is highest on the coastal Pacific, due to the incredible variety of easily accessible food, and they tend to concentrate near known salmon runs in the winter months…although they seem to be found at their highest density near the Cedar Dump. The bald eagle is an iconic bird of the Canadian West Coast, although its range essentially encompasses all of Canada and the United States, outside of the Arctic tundra. They originally only overwintered on the Baja California Peninsula and Southern California, but the slow and steady march of exotic ornamental plants and willing feeder-fillers northwards has allowed them to spread their incredibly small wings and capitalize on an incredible opportunity.įor more, please read Anna’s Hummingbird on Wikipedia. I’ve taken photos of them in raging snowstorms, sipping perkily on the sugar blend in my feeders, and I recently found out that local birds are even choosing to BREED in the winter, presumably to reduce competition from their territorial summer humming-mates, the Rufous Hummingbirds. But of course, we West Coasters know an even un-believabler truth these perky creatures are year-round residents. I figured this poor little thing had somehow gotten caught up in a storm in California and blown north, which seemed an unbelievable journey for such a small and delicate creature. I first moved to the West Coast in the winter, and while exploring the Lower Mainland’s waterfront one day in January I came across a truly unbelievable sight-a hummingbird in a tree! I couldn’t believe my eyes. Community Planning for the Future We Want.Some Suggested Changes to the Forest and Range Practices Act.Our Suggested Changes to the Private Managed Forest Lands Program.Protecting the Coastal Douglas Fir Forest: Seven Practical Solutions.Twelve Ways to Write a Great Blog for the Yellow Point Ecological Society.Re-Wilding with Native Plants – A new Perspective For Yards.Swans, Geese, Ducks, Eagles and Beavers.A Year on the Wild Side, by Briony Penn.Invasive Plants on Vancouver Island: What Can We do?.Common Yard Birds on Eastern Vancouver Island.

Red headed sparrow bird