Birding in BC Community

Can anyone offer best places in lower mainland to see and photograph hummingbirds?

I've seen them on many occasions at the front gate/gift shop area at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, depending on the time of year and a bit of luck.

The entrance of Reifel Bird Sanctuary and Maple Wood Flats.
Good luck.

A friend told me to go down to Richmond Nature Park so I went there on Sat and Sun because it is the closest to me. I went around 7PM on Sat and 9:30 till 11:30 AM on Sun, on both days I didn't see any hummingbird though there were lots of sparrow, finches and woodpeckers at the feeders.

Hi was at Blackie spit on sat there were tones of humming birds...

my rufous hummingbird shots were taken at richmond nature park. i was there last monday and saw both the male and female. every 5-10 minutes the male take a sip at the feeder.

Hi Jodelak, What lens and focal length did you use on the hummingbird shots?

Canon EF 400mm f/5.6.

Went to Richmond Nature Park at 7:15PM. Should have gone there earlier. Light intensity was slowly dropping under the trees as I was waiting for the rufous hummingbird to return for a quick sip at the sugar water every 15~20 mins. Keeping aperture at 6.3 with speed as fast as possible. This is a shot taken on a tripod-mounted Canon 300mm f/2.8 IS II lens, the 2.0X III TC, with Canon EOS 5D Mark II. ISO 1000. Evaluative metering at +2 stops: 1/800 sec.

Nice shot!

I went back to the same spot again after work at 6 PM hoping to get a better shot than yesterday's. I wanted to get a good photo of the hummer's vivid iridescent-red throat with a spot of orange, white breast and patchy rufous-washed flanks. These shots come pretty darn close.

Here is another photo taken today of a Rufous hummingbird perching on the branch.

Very nice photos of the hummingbirds. I was also there last Saturday morning

Nice picture, I appreciate the colour.

Terra Nova Neighborhood Park. Richmond BC.

Here are several photos:

Anna's Hummingbird. Vancouver BC by ohurtsovmike, on Flickr

Anna's Hummingbird. Vancouver BC by ohurtsovmike, on Flickr

IMG_5207-3 by ohurtsovmike, on Flickr

IMG_5223-5 by ohurtsovmike, on Flickr