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A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« on: January 15, 2005, 11:51:21 AM »
Yesterday we sneaked out for a couple of hours to the bird sanctuary in Delta. If you have not done so before, I highly recommend it. We usually go a few times a year, to feed the birds in the winter, see the snow geese in late fall. It was a bit cold yesterday, but very fresh, and hardly anyone around, so rather peaceful. Here are some photos.











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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2005, 06:50:47 PM »
Very nice photos.
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2005, 06:58:05 PM »
What baits did you use? where did you catch them at? Whats the limit on them?
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2005, 09:31:17 PM »
Bait: Various species of seeds.
Where? In the beaks. ;)
Catch and release only. :)
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2005, 05:30:12 PM »
Is that Westham Island?
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2005, 05:41:34 PM »
Yes it is. Admission is $4.00. Closes at 4pm.
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2005, 05:43:01 PM »
OOOOHHHHH look at all of those big fat Mallard drakes Chris ;)
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2005, 05:45:03 PM »
Probably not wise to eat those, it would be like smoking a couple of farmed salmon. ;)

Maybe Steelhead King should head in there for some target practice since he just got his firearm license last week..... ;D Watch out, Ladner is not that safe anymore! ;)
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2005, 06:10:47 PM »
I worked there in the late sixties and early seventies .Duck was on the dinner menu many a night.
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2005, 09:35:18 PM »
On the topic of Birds, I have 3 unknown birds in my bird photo collection from some pics I took out by UBC yesterday...

See:http://spaces.msn.com/members/dragonspeed/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c01_photoalbum=showdefault&_c=photoalbum

It's the last 3 birds in the set.  Titled Unknown #1, 2, and 3

Anyone?

I think #3 might be a house finch.
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2005, 09:53:44 PM »
#1 song sparrow
#2 varied thrush
#3 house finch

Those are nice closeup photos! What camera did you get those on again? :o
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Re: A pleasant visit to the bird sanctuary
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2005, 10:07:32 PM »
Quote from: Rodney on January 16, 2005, 09:53:44 PM
#1 song sparrow
#2 varied thrush
#3 house finch

Those are nice closeup photos! What camera did you get those on again? :o

:D  Well, it wasn't the Pentax WR43 :(  It was, of course the Canon Digital Rebel, using a 300mm telephoto, F5.6, built-in flash, and 1/60" shutter speed (damn it's handy having EXIF data :D)

Of course, with the digital "conversion", the net magnification ends up around 480mm. (1.6x)

Thanks for the quick reply!  We need birds with more exotic names. ::)
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