Have you ever left something someplace where you’d know where to find it, only to find it gone when you returned?  Well, that happened to me today.  I am absolutely positive that I left a couple of Tundra Swans at Royal Roads University a couple of weeks ago, but they were nowhere to be seen today!

A constant rain prompted me to focus on waterfowl today.  In the Pacific Northwest, if you let the rain stop you from going out, you’d spend an awful lot of time inside.  Someone should have told this to the ducks!  Even they were in short supply today.

Admittedly, I waited until afternoon in hopes of a break in the weather, but when none was forthcoming, I headed out into the soggy weather.  I made stops today at Viaduct Flats, Esquimalt Lagoon, Albert Head Lagoon and Royal Roads University, but only managed a single addition to my year list, an expected Mute Swan.  There is a large flock of these swans at Esquimalt Lagoon, along with a Trumpeter Swan that has been hanging out with them for several years.  For a few days in December, they were joined by a pair of Tundra Swans that moved between the garden ponds at the adjacent university and the lagoon, making it a three swan species stop.  Not so lucky today!

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My most interesting find today was another birder, Rob Gowan, also trying his luck in the rain.  I know why I was out there.  I wonder if he might have a goal of his own for 2015.  Rob, are you doing a big year?  🙂

Although I only added one species to the year list today, I was able to add several more to my Capital Region (county) and Victoria Checklist lists.  I expect that I will have close to half of the birds I will expect this year checked by the end of the month.  To keep things interesting, I am also going to keep “county” lists for each of the regional districts on Vancouver Island. Since I live in the Capital Regional District, I expect this list to be the longest, but I hope to give reasonable coverage to all of the areas.

At this point, I suppose it’s only fair to put my friends on notice that they should not expect me to be on time for anything for the 361 days.  I was driving home in the rain just as the sun had set when I realized that there were geese and gulls on a school field.  My birding habits have definitely changed!  I turned the car around and spent what light was left picking through the flocks.  Mostly Canada Geese and Mew Gulls, but sooner or later, I’m going to find something good!