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| Anna's hummingbird |
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| Mt. Benson in early Springtime in Nanaimo |
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| One of the viewing platforms |
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| The Red-winged Blackbird's favorite lookout |
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| The very flighty Red-winged Blackbird |
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| One of the tamest birds in Buttertubs Marsh, American Robin |
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| American Robin |
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| Male Hooded Merganser with a catch |
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| Hooded Mergansers |
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| This Great Blue Heron got a small fish just after I took this photo! |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Female and Male Mallard Ducks |
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| Female Mallard |
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| Spotted Towhee |
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| The Majestic-looking Cedar Waxwing |
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| The Cedar Waxwing with its sleek brown body and always appear to be neatly groomed all the time. |
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| Bewick's Wren singing for a mate |
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| Male and Female Hooded Merganser |
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| The male House Finch |
Probably one of the best times of the year to really enjoy Buttertubs Marsh is early springtime. This is the time when most of the birds fly back to Nanaimo from their winter habitat wherever that maybe. Among the early arrivals are Bewick's wren, marsh wren, Red-winged blackbird, Spotted Towhee, Pine Siskin, Dark-eyed Junco, Canada Geese, Stellar's Jay, Great Blue Heron, Mallard, Hooded Merganser and others. There's an abundance of birds that habitually stay all-year round in Buttertubs Marsh.You can find the location of Buttertubs Marsh in my wintertime posting a couple of months ago. There are numerous birds that visit this area but unfortunately majority are really so flighty and easily spooked and almost impossible to photograph. My most recent visit to Buttertubs Marsh proved to be very productive much to my enjoyment! I am quite happy to share my very recent photos with you. Enjoy!
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