All posts by Paul Cipywnyk

Meditations Upon Empty Space

Meditations upon empty space.

Contemplating the time spent searching over the course of a few days.

Do not search for what is missing, the answer lies inside.

Release your obsessions, set yourself free.

Become one in piece, um, peace, with the wee six-sided figure. . .

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Great Birding at White Rock Pier

We walked the beach at White Rock, BC, today, and went to the end of the pier as well. Lots of bird species to see!

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There were dozens of Surf Scoters fishing for shellfish

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Black Oystercatcher

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Western Grebe

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Bufflehead double date. . .

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Pelagic Cormorant

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Waiting for a confirmation on this one, but it may be a Black Turnstone. If so, a first for us!

UPDATE: Yup, the hive mind at iNaturalist confirms Black Turnstone. Yay, a new species!