Tranquille, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, CA

May 23, 2022 6:35 AM – 10:53 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 kilometer(s)

68 species

Canada Goose  47

Wood Duck  2

Blue-winged Teal  3

Cinnamon Teal  9

Northern Shoveler  13

Gadwall  12

American Wigeon  9

Mallard  38

Northern Pintail  6

Green-winged Teal  14

Ring-necked Duck  7

Surf Scoter  2

Barrow’s Goldeneye  2

Chukar  1

Western Grebe  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7

Eurasian Collared-Dove  2

Mourning Dove  1

Vaux’s Swift  2

Sora  2

Killdeer  1

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Common Loon  6

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Northern Harrier  2

Bald Eagle  5

Swainson’s Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  2

American Kestrel  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Olive-sided Flycatcher  1

Western Wood-Pewee  3

Dusky Flycatcher  3

Western Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  14

Black-billed Magpie  3

American Crow  7

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  5

Tree Swallow  1

Bank Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  3

Cliff Swallow  15

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  8

American Robin  4

House Finch  1

Pine Siskin  25

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  6

White-crowned Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Spotted Towhee  2

Bullock’s Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Brewer’s Blackbird  5

Orange-crowned Warbler  7

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler  13

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)  8

Townsend’s Warbler  1

Wilson’s Warbler  6

Western Tanager  2

Lazuli Bunting  8

I had an interesting encounter at Tranquille yesterday. I was standing by the beaver pond and a muskrat was along the near shore oblivious to my presence. A bit further out in a channel, 4 River Otters were foraging and happened upon a Beaver coming towards them. I was wondering who would give way for who as they approached each other. The Beaver (by itself) easily sent the 4 River Otters running. The picture above shows 3 of them running into another water channel there after their brief encounter with the Beaver. It is not every day that one has a Muskrat, Beaver, and River Otters right in front of them at the same time at the same location.