114. Chestnut-backed Chickadee - July 2010

Saw these on Vancouver Island - looking distinctly browner than their mainland cousins.

113. Band-tailed Pigeon - July 2010

Seen at the magnificent stone house at Beddis Beach.

112. Bonaparte's Gull - July 2010

Seen from the ferry at Quadra Island, and then again in flocks at Miracle Beach. I now suspect I also saw them last summer from the ferry going through Active Pass.

111. Turkey Vulture - July 2010

Saw these guys this year and last at Saltspring Island. They fly low and quiet over the treetops. We also saw one nesting near the water at Ruckle Point.

110. Long-billed Dowitcher

Saw a couple of these beside a swampy lake on Vancouver Island, near Rathtrevor Provincial Park. They are a beautiful rich rusty red colour. And their beaks were amazingly long. They were on their southerly migration.

110. Brant - April 2010

We saw a flock of these on a rocky beach on the east coast of Vancouver Island. They're gorgeous birds - remind me of Australian Wood Ducks with their small neat heads.

109. Ring-Necked Pheasant - July 2010

Saw this guy stannding in the cut grass beside the freeway between Twassen and Vancouver.