Salmon, Birds Galore at Burnaby Lake

Whew, what an amazing day!

I did our monthly recycling run to the Still Creek Environment Centre in Burnaby, and on the way home I parked near the Cariboo Dam and walked to Piper Spit and back on Burnaby Lake.

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Unfortunately it was overcast, but there were still plenty of chum salmon to be seen around the fish ladder at the Cariboo Dam.

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American Coot near Piper Spit

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Crows were harassing a hawk. I thought they had driven it off, but as I left the spit I took one more look at the tree I thought it had hidden in, and it was still there.

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Female Wood Duck. What a cutie!


And her boyfriend nearby.

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Green-Winged Teal

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Northern Pintail

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Spotted Towhee

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Red-Winged Blackbird

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Three colorations of pigeons

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Steller’s Jay

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Black Slug

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