Surfbirds at Oak Bay, Victoria BC

Highly migratory along the Pacific Coast of the Americas, Surfbird at Bowker Avenue, Oak Bay, Victoria BC on 18 September 2018.

 

Please watch Surfbirds video and listen to their haunting vocalizations

Spread wing shows upperwing pattern and white rump. Surfbirds fed on the kelp-covered rocks at Oak Bay, Victoria BC on 18 September 2018

 

This adult Surfbird has almost molted from breeding to winter plumage. It still has several patterned breeding plumage feathers on the upperparts. Oak Bay, Victoria BC on 18 September 2018.

 

Bowker Avenue, Oak Bay has great shorebird habitat with kelp-covered rocks. We arrived early before the shorebirds are disturbed. Oak Bay, Victoria BC on 18 September 2018.