Tranquille Birds and Mammals Sept. 5, 2021

A very eventful morning at Tranquille. While looking again for the Long-tailed Jaeger reported there a few days ago (I was able to see that last week), I noticed a different Jaeger land very far away and then float down the river preening. After a couple of minutes it lifted off the water and flew steadily in one direction. I snapped a few photos and somewhere between looking through my camera and spotting scope it disappeared. Maybe it suddenly changed directions or something but I could not relocate it for the life of me. I stayed at the spot for 2 hours but it never returned. After some valued opinions from others, it was confirmed as a Parasitic Jaeger. A life bird for me. While waiting for it to reappear, I noticed a Black Bear walking the opposite shore. This bear, together with the single Coyote, Mule Deer, and pair of Beavers, made for a mammal filled morning as well as the birds. Mammals follow the birds below.

Tranquille, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, CA
Sep 5, 2021 6:48 AM – 10:42 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 kilometer(s)
62 species

Canada Goose 80
Trumpeter Swan 2
Wood Duck 1
Northern Shoveler 6
Gadwall 25
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 30
Northern Pintail 9
Green-winged Teal 6
Ring-necked Duck 1
Greater Scaup 2
Barrow’s Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 8
Common Merganser 15
Ruddy Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 18
American Coot 3
Sandhill Crane 10
Killdeer 2
Baird’s Sandpiper 7
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Parasitic Jaeger 1

Ring-billed Gull 166
Herring Gull 10

Common Loon 3
American White Pelican 26
Great Blue Heron 26
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 8
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 3

Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3
Peregrine Falcon 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1

Warbling Vireo 1

Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 14
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Barn Swallow 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 2
European Starling 21
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 22
Cedar Waxwing 30