Category Archives: Photography

Steller’s Jay ’n More on Byrne Creek Walk

Got a Byrne Creek walk in this morning before the storm hit. Have yet to see any salmon coming back to spawn, though they are back in several creeks and rivers in the lower mainland.

We usually start seeing salmon around mid-October in Byrne Creek, but last year they didn’t arrive until the end of the month.

But I did see a gorgeous Steller’s Jay and a shiny Crow.

Steller's Jay on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC
Steller’s Jay

Crow on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC
Crow

Northern Flicker on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC
Northern Flicker

Autumn leaves on Byrne Creek in Burnaby, BC

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawks in SE Burnaby, BC

More photos tonight taken from our bedroom window of young Red-tailed Hawks in SE Burnaby, BC.

There are at least two young, shrieking all day long for several days now, as the adults increasingly ignore them to try to get them to fly .  .  .

juvenile red-tailed hawks burnaby bc
At this point they are still learning to fly, and just take short hops of a few meters high up in the trees.

We popped the screen out of the window so I could get unobstructed shots with a Tamron 150-600mm zoom on  a Nikon Z50.