Fierce mom Mallard protects her ducklings against a predatory Great Blue Heron with lunch on its mind at Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC, this morning.
The heron was wading and fishing when it spotted the ducklings and thought, “hey, I could swallow one of those no problem!”
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I took a morning walk around Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby, BC, today. The highlight was coming across this Red-tailed Hawk in Ron McLean Park.
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