Seeing those fat, very well fed Mallards reminds me of a time recounted by a falconer. He had been training a Cooper's Hawk and one day decided to teach those lazy Mallards a lesson or two. He came down to the water's edge where the ducks hung out waiting to be fed by the public, and instead he pulled out his Cooper's and let it fly around a little bit. Those Mallards went bananas! Running and flapping away in every direction. Fortunately no one was hurt whilst this moral lesson was performed! 😅

Wow, cranes in the parking lot ! 😮

Fantastic stuff Mike! I love Welney & as you say it’s a fantastic place for Barn Owls. To try & manually focus, pan & zoom with a bird approaching you is admirable too - & to admit you didn’t always get it right in camera too is also admirable. Great video, enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing 🙏

The best time to visit our Pacific Northwest (I mean specifically western Washington and southern British Columbia) is summer. We can go weeks, even months without rain. Now, however, you came at the absolute rainiest time of the year. It was charming to see a foreigner name and describe our birds that we see almost every day. And yes you got the Fox Sparrow correctly identified. None of the sparrows you featured are difficult, as you noted. However! go into the Lincoln's Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, and even sometimes the Song Sparrow, and things get a bit more difficult. I could not agree with you more on Ringed-neck Duck. The ring idea came in examining dead birds back in the day. The naming authority in North America is as conservative as an old cook, and I doubt they'll ever give in and name that duck what it obviously should be named, the Ring-BILLED Duck.

I love Saturday mornings with your videos

Wonderful video Mike I alway enjoy them. British Columbia it’s always great to film. If you get to the states and ever want to photograph songbirds, owls and more birds of the Midwest let me know. I have blinds and locations for many species. I would be honored to have you. Take care !

Excellent Mike. V1.4 of the firmware has just been released!

It's crazy how tame those birds were! 😲 If only it were that easy where I live... 😢 Also, nice to see our all-too-familiar mallards or northern shovelers on the opposite side of the globe 😄

Another cracking video, I'm no expert on NA/Canadian birds but from the upright stance " Jizz" I think your Song Sparrow is one of the smaller Thrush species

Some really nice shots there Mike

Thanks Mike I really enjoyed this video, a bit different to Burton Mere Wetlands I'd say!!

Very enjoyable, as usual! It’s nice to see my Pacific Coast bird friends. Spotted Towhees are common here in the hills above Oakland, California, and always a thrill to photograph. Fox Sparrows pass through in fall and winter. Looking forward to your next one!

Nice to se as always :) Thanks for charging

Always fascinating to see other country's birds.

Thanks for sharing Mike, great pictures and video, and can't wait for next week with the owls.

Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always, beautiful place 👍👌

Hope you get to see all the owls on the West coast!

I have enjoyed your Vancouver videos. Many thanks for sharing. Your images and videography are superb. 👍 Vancouver is now on our list of bird photography locations. Cheers from Oz.

Hello Mike,despite the terrible weather the images are pretty good and what a great place for birding with such a variety of birds!! This is great vlog of you and you captured the birds very well!! Greetings Gijs

Very good Mike what a reserve ! I have enough problems with the LBJ 's in this country ! So I think you did very well there 👍

Lovely Mike! As usual another great watch. I wait avidly for your next upload

Fantastic selection of birds. I can see why you went all the way to Vancouver with the variety of birds that they have.

I did not know about this place - I live about 4 hours from there - will definitely have to go see it! Thanks again for sharing your work

Hey. Wonderful footage of the wildlife in that area. I really enjoyed watching. Greets Stefan

Superb as always Mike fantastic reserve looking forward to the grey ghosts next week 👍

Well done Mike! I love the George C. Reifel Sanctuary although I've only been there a couple of times. Your Dark-eyed Junco is of the "Oregon" variety. We see them occasionally here in Ontario but most often we get the "Slate-Coloured" variety here.

Another fabulous video, essential breakfast viewing!

Another enjoyable offering Mike, greetings from Australia.

Excellent work Mike. Thank you for sharing your experiences

Great video Mike, really enjoyed it. What a reserve that place is 📸👍🏽

Reminds me more of a Redpoll than the Bull finch Mike. Great video as well.

Yes, a fox sparrow,

Another well narrated video - looks like a smashing place to visit.

Now you even can do update 1.4 😊

Great video as usual. It was a pity that your weather wasn’t as friendly as it could have been. Good to see new Birds from another Country. You always give me new tips and ideas. Great stuff.

Hey, Mike, you saw the sun twice while you were there? You're lucky. I was in Seattle one time when it wasn't raining. Anyway, I'm with you when it comes to staying in the hotel room or walking in the rain. I've never melted yet and sometimes you can get some good shots out there. Looking forward to your next post.

Excellent video Mike, thanks.

Fantastic video

Good pictures Mike in difficult conditions. Pity about missing the GBH kill on video!

Excellent. Thank you and by the way we are now on firmware update 1.4.

I haven't been there since I was a young boy living in nearby Ladner. It's my dream to go back. I love the cranes in the parking lot - are they security?

Mike I wonder if you will give me your views on using a plain or ND filter on the end of the lens, basically for protection of the front element. Logic seems to say that, having an expensive lens and then interrupting it’s view with another piece of glass must degrade the image to some extent but KZfaq is full of arguments for both having and not having a filter. Cheers Steve

With the 150-400 in your quiver, do you even use the 100-400 or 300 any more?

what beautiful pictures you show us. do the photos come straight out of the camera, or have you edited them yet? if so, can you tell us a bit more about what you've done about photo editing. I think there is a lot of interest in that. thanks again for hey sharing your beautiful images.👍❤️

In adverse conditions video tend to be more dramatic and engaging.