Ducks
Water Birds - Harold Dykstra Photography
American coot (Fulica americana)
Chilliwack, BC
Wood duck (Aix sponsa)
Chilliwack, BC
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Cheam Wetlands
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Cheam Wetlands, BC
Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
Aythya collaris
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Cheam Wetlands, BC
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Cheam Wetlands, BC
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Esquimalt Lagoon
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Esquimalt Lagoon
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Telkwa, BC
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
Telkwa, BC
Green Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Tyhee Lake, BC
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Round Lake BC
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Reifel Bird Santuary
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
Reifel Bird Santuary
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Reifel Bird Santuary
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Male Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Sardis, BC
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Sardis
Male Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Bulkley River
Male Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Bulkley River
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Bulkley River
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Bulkley River
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Smithers
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Tyhee Lake
Female Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Smithers
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
White Rock (D500, Nikon 200-500mm)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
White Rock (Nikon D500, Nikon 200-500mm)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Chilliwack
American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
Chilliwack
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Chilliwack
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Agassiz
American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
Chilliwack
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Blue-Winged Teal (Spatula discors)
Surf Scoter ( Melanitta perspicillata)
White Rock
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Agassiz
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Chilliwack
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Chilliwack
Mergansers, Grebes, Cormorants
Water Birds - Harold Dykstra Photography
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Chilliwack (D500, Nikon 200-500mm)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Chilliwack
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Tyhee Lake
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Tyhee Lake
American Coot (Fulica americana)
Chilliwack
Female Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Reifel Bird Santuary
Female and Male Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Bulkley River @ Telkwa
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Cypress Hills, Alberta
Red-necked Grebe
Cypress Hills, Alberta
Double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
Chilliwack, BC
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Telkwa, BC
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Cheam Wetlands, BC
Large Water Birds
Water Birds - Harold Dykstra Photography
White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, Saskatchewan
White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Lake Manitoba
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Lake Manitoba
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Prince Rupert
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Evelyn BC
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Lake Kathlyn near Smithers
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Lake Kathlyn near Smithers
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chilliwack (D500, Nikon 200-500mm)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chilliwack (D500, Nikon 200-500mm)
Canada Geese (Branta canadensis)
Riefel Bird Sanctuary
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Tyhee Lake
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Tyhee Lake
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Cheam Wetlands, BC
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cheam Wetlands
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Chilliwack, BC
Loons
Water Birds - Harold Dykstra Photography
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Babine River
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Tyhee Lake (Nikon D7500, Nikon DX Nikkor 70-300mm VR @ 300mm, f/6.3, 1/500s)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Tyhee Lake (Nikon D7500, Nikon DX Nikkor 70-300mm VR @ 300mm, f/6.3, 1/500s)
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Bulkley River @ Telkwa (Nikon D500, Sigma C 150-600mm @ 480mm, f/6.3, 1/250s)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Tyhee Lake
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Tyhee Lake
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Tyhee Lake
Wading Birds and Shore Birds
Water Birds - Harold Dykstra Photography
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Tyhee Lake Provincial Park
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
North Beach, Haida Gwaii
Greater Yellow-legs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Ladner
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Reifel Bird Santuary
Great Blue Heron Rookery
Vedder River
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Abbotsford
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Babine River (D90, Nikon 70-300mm DX VR)
Belted Kingfisher - Female (Megaceryle alcyon)
Tyhee Lake
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Tyhee Lake
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Tyhee Lake
Greater Yellow-legs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Fort Babine, BC
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Banff, Alberta
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous)
Buffalo Pound, Saskatchewan
Belted Kingfisher
Buffalo Pound, Saskatchewan
Belted Kingfisher
Buffalo Pound, Saskatchewan
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous)
Buffalo Pound, Saskatchewan
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Chilliwack, BC
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Chilliwack, BC
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Chilliwack, BC
Black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
Esquimalt Lagoon
Black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
Esquimalt Lagoon
Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Nanaimo, BC
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Chilliwack, BC
Gulls and Terns
Water Birds - Harold Dykstra Photography
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Tyhee Lake Provincial Park
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
White Rock
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) with Eulachon
Skeena Estuary (Nikon D7500, Nikon AF-P DX 70-300mm @ 300mm, 1/1000s @ f/6.3)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Tyhee Lake, BC
Immature Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Tyhee Lake
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Flock of Franklin's Gulls
Flock of Franklin's Gulls
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Immature Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Immature Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Forster's Tern (Sterni forsteri)
Cypress Hills, Alberta
Black Tern (Sterna niger)
Cypress Hills, Alberta
Black Tern (Sterna niger)
Cypress Hills, Alberta
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
Esquimalt Lagoon
Common Murre (Uria aalge)
Glacier Bay, Alaska
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
Glacier Bay, Alaska
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Glacier Bay, Alaska
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
Glacier Bay, Alaska
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Glacier Bay, Alaska
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
Juneau, Alaska
I'm not an ornithologist. Please let me know in the comments section below if you think I've incorrectly identified any of the birds here.
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