Spent four hours rambling Deer Lake in Burnaby this morning. I debated about lugging Big Bertha (Tamron 150-600mm lens on a Nikon D7200) and Manfrotto tripod, and while I’m sore now, I’m glad I did.

Pied-Billed Grebe winter phase?

Steller’s Jay — the backlight and crown not showing make it look like a crow.

There were lots of American Coots

American Robin

Canada Geese

Cormorant

And one of the ubiquitous mallards