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Chuck Rumsey
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Birding | Photography | Living along the Pacific Flyway in Vancouver Canada.

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A Short-eared Owl and Northern Harrier debate possession of breakfast. Vancouver BC, January 2025.

#birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #owls #birdsofbc
A Sort-eared Owl hovers, feet dangling and talons clutching a small rodent, while a Northern Harrier dangles below, talons grasping the same prey.
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Hard to resist posting a Short-eared Owl as my #favouriteofthemonth - these beautiful birds make January such a special time of year on the Fraser River delta. January 2025.

#birds #nature #birdoftheday #wildlifephotography #wildlife
January 30, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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This Short-eared Owl takes #eyecontact to cyclops-like levels. Delt BC. January 2025.

#birds #owls #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #owlphotography #birdoftheday #naturephotography
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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A Blue-headed Sapphire shows of its iridescence in Valle del Cauca Columbia. April 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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The low, soft #winterlight warms a Northern Harrier as it hovers above brown fields of grass on the Fraser River Delta, BC. December 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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A Short-eared Owl finds its #perfectpitch on the Fraser River Delta, BC. January 2026.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A Short-eared Owl perches on a long stick amongst brown marshland grasses, with its yellow eyes staring back at the viewer.
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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A Northern Harrier stops in mid-air as it hunts among the cattails of the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia. December 2025.

#birds #raptors #birdoftheday #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A Northern Harrier hovers over cattails with wings and tail feathers spread. Snow covered coastal mountains form a feint backdrop.
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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This is not the sharpest shot, but this Tawny-bellied Hermit has the longest bill to body ratio of any bird I’ve had the pleasure of spotting. Valle Del Cauca Colombia, April 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #longbeaks #nature
A Tawny-bellied Hermit hovers in the greenery, it’s long curved beak dipping into a bright pink flower.
January 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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A lone Trumpeter Swan makes its way across the clouds. Vancouver BC. December 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #solitude
January 13, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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A Northern Harrier flies through the tall grasses of the Fraser River Delta. December 2025.

#birds #birdsinflight #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A Northern Harrier with wings in a delta formation over its head glides towards the viewer across the tall brown grass of a marshland.
January 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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A Short-eared Owl puts on its game face as it moves in for a breakfast bite on the tidal flats of the Fraser River delta. December 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature
A Short-eared owl looks straight into the camera with its gleaming yellow eyes as it hovers, wings spread and feathered feet dangling, above the tall brown grass.
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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This White-throated Quail-Doves shows off its intricate #feathersandform in Valle del Cauca Colombia. April 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
A White-throated Quail-Dove stretches out its neck, displaying the intricate feather pattern of its neck as it stares back at the camera.
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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This Short-eared Owl (with it’s relatively #shortbeak) hunts and hovers over the tidal flats of the Fraser River delta in Vancouver BC. December 2025.

#birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdoftheday
A Short-eared Owl hovers over the brown grasses of a tidal flat with wings and tail feathers spread, and one yellow eye visible,
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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A Great Blue Heron demonstrates its predatory powers with this mammalian #foodfind. Delta BC, December 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A Great Blue Heron flies across the frame, close off the surface of a waterbody, while it holds a small mammal in its long beak.
January 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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A Northern Harrier #caughtinmotion as it locates its prey in the long grasses of the Fraser River delta. Vancouver BC, December 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A Northern Harrier, with wings and tail feathers spread, hovers above brown grasses of a field, with mountains in the background.
January 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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The fiery glow at the break of dawn lit this tidal marsh like it was on fire, and everything flying above it looked like embers in the wind. Northern Harrier, Delta BC, December 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature
A Northern Harrier drifts above the grasses of. Marsh a the early morning light casts everything in a distinctive orange glow.
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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#Branchingout with this #birdoftheday - an Ultramarine Grosbeak from Valle del Cauca Colombia, April 2025.

#birds
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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A serene moment with a Great Blue Heron looking out over the Salish Sea. November 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday
December 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The gift of a crane for Christmas.
Sandhill Crane, Delta BC. December 2025.

#birds
December 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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A pair of Trumpeter Swans lift off in the dim light of a river estuary near Harrison Mills, BC. November 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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A Hooded Merganser gently moves through dark waters, a #quietobserver of its surroundings.

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A male Hood Merganser, with its white puffed out head feathers, and bright yellow eye moves through thick, dark waters that carries its reflection.
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Sandhill Cranes align along a vector to a new destination. Delta BC, November 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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A Northern Shoveler copes with the wet weather with a little extra preening. Delta BC, November 2024.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Great Blue Heron, Richmond BC, November 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A Great Blue Heron perches among the abandoned pylons of the tidal marsh of the Fraser River Delta.
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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A hungry House Finch having a bite for the alternate #birdoftheday in Delta BC. December 2025.

#birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM