I was happy to see these reminders for boaters to clean their watercraft to help contain the spread of invasive species. These were on the Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, just steps from the hotel where I attended the Editors Canada national conference.
Spent a night camping in Jasper National Park on my way out to the prairies in May.
I love camping in the spring and fall when it’s not too busy.
I stayed one night at Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park on my way out to Saskatchewan.
This cow and calf were keeping an eye on this black bear in the southern interior, apparently without too much concern.
Road in to lake covered in high water
Dock
Setting up camp
Night falls
Early morning loon
Otter?
Lots of action on the aptly named Raptor Trail at Centennial Beach in Delta, BC, today.
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Dad and Mom Red-Winged Blackbirds chasing away a crow
Crow pulling up after dive-bombing a Northern Harrier
Mallard mom and ducklings
Red-Winged Blackbird
Nothing like catching a few rays on the roof : -)
Had a two-hour walk along Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC. Lots of birds and buds, and another derelict boat.
Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Catching a crayfish
Incoming!
Crow with, I think, a wee fish
American Robin
Deathly still life
Dragonfly
Fraser River is running high
Another derelict boat at the mouth of Byrne Creek. For some reason there have been a few here over the last year or two.
Bud
I spotted this gull near Granville Island in Vancouver today. It appeared to have tried to swallow a sea star whole. I hope it’s OK. I offered to pull it out but the gull wasn’t having any of that. . .
The Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver was giving a presentation to the Anmore Garden Club, and I thought I’d head out early and spend some time at Belcarra Regional Park.
Cute Canada Goose family:
Sockeye sandwich with mixed vegetables
ISCMV presentation.
It’s in the high 20s here in the lower mainland of BC, so I beat the heat by wandering the Nitobe Memorial Garden at UBC for an hour or two.
Yumi and I walked the Pitt River Greenway in Pitt Meadows, BC, for a couple of hours today, starting from Harris Landing and heading past the airport and back, and then east and back. Lovely day!
Rufous Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
LBB
Steller’s Jay
Turkey Vulture
Lovely morning with lots of wildlife at Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC, today.
Canada Goose goslings
The parents are very protective
Mallard Mom taking the kids for a stroll
She was snacking on dandelions along the way
Caught this Great Blue Heron in flight heading home to the Deer Lake colony with material to repair a nest
Hummer coming in for a landing. These wee birds are very territorial, and once you spot them, you can be nearly assured of seeing them using the same perches
Frog at Deer Lake. Good ‘un or bad ‘un?