Took my lunch down to Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC, and spotted a couple of downy woodpeckers and a northern flicker while I was munching away. Canon SX730HS pocket cam at max zoom.
Pemberton Meadows
I love driving the Pemberton Meadows Road, such great views!
Took a jaunt while camping at Alice Lake Provincial Park.
Eat Luscious Veggies!
Eat your vegetables, children! : – )
Dang, this luscious display at a farm in Langley today had tour participants buying bags ‘n bags of the good stuff!
I have to remember to watch for the Langley Environmental Partners farm tour next year!
What a Gorgeous Bunch of Chickens!
A variety of chickens on the WaterWeeks: Farm Fresh Bus Tour today hosted by the Langley Environmental Partners Society in Langley, BC.
Gentle Giants, Wee Porkers
These gentle giants provide coyote protection on a farm in Langley. The owner said her predator losses went to zero after she got the dogs. Apparently they love to work, sleep much of the day, and patrol all night.
And these once nearly-extinct little KuneKune pigs love petting and attention.
Thanks to the Langley Environmental Partners Society for hosting this WaterWeeks: Farm Fresh Bus Tour!
We enjoyed it, and learned a lot. Great to visit all these small organic and heritage farms operated by passionate folks attuned with nature.
Red-Tailed Hawk Aerial Show
This hawk put on an aerial display during a farm tour in Langley, BC, today.
Ag Journalists Tour Byrne Creek with Someone Very Special
It was a pleasure to meet Cathy Glover today and get a photo taken with her at the monument to her late father Ken, who was instrumental in leading initial cleanups of Byrne Creek and the ravine decades ago.
A group of agriculture journalists toured the lower ravine with us. We talked salmon, invasive species, water quality and quantity. I feel there are common concerns about such issues across BC and Canada.
Super Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver Fall Forum 2019
Great day at the Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver (@iscmv) Fall Forum today in Maple Ridge. I’ve been active on the ISCMV board for a few years.
Interesting speakers, and several educational tours. I chose to visit ARMS, the Alouette River Management Society (@AlouetteRiverMS) to see their hatchery and education center. Got to see a chum salmon dissection, and learn about coexisting with black bears and cougars.
Soggy Burnaby Rivers Day
It was a very soggy BC/World Rivers Day at the Burnaby Village Museum today. Thanks to all the volunteers!
Our Byrne Creek Streamkeepers Society booth
Byrne Creek Streamkeepers volunteers with Rivers Day founder Mark Angelo
Great chatting with Dannie, the Co-Existing with Coyotes Coordinator with the Stanley Park Ecology Society, who was in the booth next to ours.
Entertainment rain or shine!
Burnaby Councillor Joe Keithley on the left, Svend Robinson (former Canadian MP, running again in the upcoming election) to the right, and environmentalist, photographer, and First Nations educator John Preissl in the middle.
Sav Dhaliwal City of Burnaby councilor and chair of Metro Vancouver
Burnaby Mayor Michael Hurley
BC and World Rivers Day founder Mark Angelo
American Kestrel that cannot be released back into the wild due to effects of injuries
Barred Owl that cannot be released back into the wild due to effects of injuries
Lucille Johnstone Workboat Parade at RiverFest in New Westminster
Lucille Johnstone Workboat Parade at RiverFest on the New Westminster waterfront today. Always a blast.
I admit as an environmentalist I wonder at all the fuel burned for fun, but the Fraser is a working river, and all these folks from tugs to SAR earn a well-deserved day of fun.
Their skill and professionalism are astounding.
Rivers Day founder Mark Angelo
New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote