Despite the wet, gloomy weather, I walked the lower portion of Byrne Creek in Burnaby, mostly because I was curious to see how high the river and creek were with the highest tide of the month and the rain.
This is a few meters upstream of the flap gates at the mouth of the creek
Red-tailed Hawk
A couple of Gadwalls in the pond just west of the creek outfall
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
On my way home from a photo shoot at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR I stopped at Fraser Foreshore Park in SE Burnaby, BC.
Great Blue Heron
Snoozing Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagles
Gadwall
Ring-necked Ducks
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Male Wood Duck
Female Wood Duck
It was blustery and chilly at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR, so I didn’t tarry, but I did get some shots of Snow Geese and a hawk.
When you go off to refresh your tea, and you return to find that the office assistant has staged a coup d’état and assumed a senior management position. . .
I love raptors ‘n herons. This hawk was way up a tree at the southwest end of the meadow near the Historic Stewart Farm in south Surrey, BC.
This eagle put up with me for quite awhile before flying off. West of Historic Stewart Farm in south Surrey, BC.
This Belted Kingfisher was not very approachable. We played follow the leader for about half an hour today near Historic Stewart Farm in south Surrey, BC, before it tired me out!
Despite it being cold and wet, we spent a few hours at Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby this morning. We started from Byrne Road and walked east to the meadow, back to Byrne, and then out west to Sussex Creek and back.
Initially it was quiet, but eventually we started seeing lots of birds.
Brown Creeper. I love watching these cute little birds creep up a tree, flutter down to the bottom, and start over again.
Cormorant
Eurasian Collared Doves
Northern Flicker
Great Blue Heron
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Bald Eagle
Green-winged Teal
We’d never been to Squint Lake in Burnaby before. I don’t know if I’d call this tiny body of water a lake, but there were plenty of birds enjoying it.
Ring-necked Duck
Wood Duck couple
Great Blue Heron
Mallard
