As Eagles Spar

As the Eagles Fly Past they go into a high speed acrobatic sparring match screaming their intent like children on a playground.

Shall Eagles not be Eagles?

Wrens be Wrens?

If all the world were Falcons, what of that?

The wonder of the Eagles were the less, But he not less the Eagle.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

First Week of Feb Around the Barn

Around the Farm this week we have new boss crow he is bigger and more aggressive but people shy.

The older white winged crow is no longer around at all. Though there are a few offspring with a bit of white on them his distinctive dog call whistle is silent.

Had another eagle fight this week and apologize for the poor pictures but it was raining, had the camera set for different set of shots and it happened really fast. (Excuses) Loud and absolutely awesome as the bigger eagle swooped down on the smaller eagle seen in the first shot.

Between the tree branches you can see the actual hit and the smaller eagle immediately fled.

Multiple duck formations overhead. Swans, geese, brant, blue heron are all calling and flying overhead.

More song birds are now here and the robins have begun to show up in numbers. Chickadees are all over the place. Starlings are back at over double the number from last week maybe couple of hundred of them in the air. Had a couple of mosquitoes around and a whole bunch of flies. Lots of Brewers around.

Sparrows and a thrush, one small woodpecker black and grey that I could not identify. It is still here but not able yet to get a picture. We also have a brilliant red bird with a lighter color underneath. Almost thought it was a parrot but not able to get a picture of it AGAIN slipping...

Gulls are now at a minimum probably due to weather being much better.

We also have had a couple of doves which I have not seen here before and a group of pidgeons blew past into the trees.

Changes Around Quamichan Valley End of Jan 2011

Sunrise over the last couple of weeks of Jan 2011 have been over seas of Fog making for spectacular soul searching mornings.

This week I have several Brewers Blackbirds to add to the list from last week.

Approximately 75 to 100 Starlings

Chickadees

Brants

There was a horrible fight with two factions of crows. Now we have a much larger Murder flying around so not sure what happened but the outcome is obvious with twice as many crows now.

Last weeks smaller murder of crows. The new larger group is really aggressive and really camera shy. Next week will post pictures of the new larger group.

The resident Bald Eagles also had a nasty territory fight on their wings. The start of it was above the neighbouring farm and ended up in the small forested area behind them. Our resident eagles won the battle as was evident from the Juvenile that reappeared checking them out.

Morning Coffee: Two Eagles Sharing Some Love

Two Eagles sharing some love. My morning coffee: View through my window this morning.

North Cowichan Raptors

Soaring Bald Eagle above the Quamichan Lake area of North Cowichan BC



Red Tail Hawk Soaring above the area of North Cowichan over the North Somenos Marsh area



Bald Eagle Preening over my yard in North Cowichan



Eagle checking out the Greco chasing after him



Beautiful Osprey hovering over my barn checking out the construction project (Chickens)