Western Painted Turtles on the Sunshine Coast

I had a few days of “fishy” salmon advisory meetings on the Sunshine Coast, so I headed up on an early ferry on the first day so that I could take photos.

I’d shot Western Painted Turtles at a pond on the Egmont Road before, and sure enough, I saw several this time, too.

Note: photos shot from the bank with a long telephoto lens. . .

Western Painted Turtles on the Sunshine Coast, BC

Some more info about these turtles here from the South Coast Conservation Program.

Fishing, Flying Herons, Landing Canada Goose

Some more photos from my walk at Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC, yesterday:

Canada Goose coming in for a landing – the last shot with the tongue sticking out looks like effort, or perhaps embarrassment at the splashy landing : – ).

Canada Goose landing in Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC

Great Blue Heron fishing, and another passing overhead:Great Blue Herons at Deer Lake in Burnaby BC

Sleepy Mallard:
Sleepy Mallard at Deer Lake in Burnaby BC

Happy Sparrow in the sunshine:Sparrow singing in the sun at Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC

Some amazing cavity excavation work. I’d guess Pileated Woodpecker?Cavity excavation at Deer Lake in Burnaby BC. Pileated woodpecker?

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