I took advantage of the sunny afternoon in Burnaby, BC, to walk Fraser Foreshore Park from the playground east to the meadow and back.

While I’ve seen Red-tailed Hawks there before, this is the first time I’ve seen one on one of the artificial perches in the meadow.

Red-tailed Hawk

It was interesting tracking the hawk. I first spotted it from the main trail that runs along the river. It was sitting in a tree near the entrance to the meadow loop. I walked in on a tiny trail, came out of the bush. . . and no hawk. Odd. Perhaps it had flown the coop?

I backtracked to the main trail and took another look, and there it was. I’d just mixed up trees. This time I kept the tree in my peripheral vision so that when I came out of the bush I was in front of the hawk.

I began shooting and moving in closer, and it took off over the hill. Knowing there were perches installed in the meadow, I slowly crested the rise, and sure enough it was perched on the southwestern pole.

I kept shooting, and slowly moving closer until I sensed it was getting antsy, so I backed away and left it in peace.

This Double-crested Cormorant popped up for a few seconds near the railway bridge and then disappeared.

There were lots of American Robins.

Green-winged Teal

Harbour Seal way out in the river