Chukar - Kamloops, BC On a cold morning, I stopped to see if I could get a look at some of the resident Chukar near Sun Rivers Golf in Kamloops. It turned out to be a very easy camera shot that day as several of the birds were picking the fruit from this Russian Olive quite near the road. They are a released bird here in this area but do very well in and around the golf course hiding in the dry wash as well as feeding in the fairways. Michael W Klotz - www.TheBirdBlogger.com
Say's Phoebe - Richmond, BC
During migration we get some of these cinnamon colored flycatchers that stop for a week or two. During their stop these Say's phoebes refuel and head north from here. These birds are found in the dryer climates but not just the warm ones and can be found as far north as the Arctic circle in Alaska, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. This particular bird has been hanging around the washroom building at Iona beach in Richmond, BC for a couple of weeks now.