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. . .
I dropped a tire off to have a puncture fixed at Canadian Tire in south Burnaby, BC, and headed on down to Fraser Foreshore Park for a photo walk while I waited.
Cedar Waxwing
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Bewick’s Wren ?
Goldfinch and Robin
Trying to keep some Canada Goose pre-teens in line. . .
No trip to Foreshore Park is complete without at least one Great Blue Heron
I saw many bunnies at the Historic Stewart Farm and Elgin Heritage Park in Surrey, BC, today. There was also a Red-tailed Hawk on the prowl, but I didn’t see any fur fly.
It was a lovely day for a long ramble with Big Bertha, my Tamron 150-600mm zoom mounted on a Nikon D500. Throw in a Manfrotto monopod and it’s a heavy rig, giving me a good workout over the course of a several hour walk : – ).
There were a couple of herons fishing, and I always find them fascinating to watch.
We went for a walk at Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby, BC, today, and were pleased to see a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers at a nest cavity, the Bald Eagles on their nest, a coyote in the marsh, and a bathing White-Crowned Sparrow.
It was a lovely day for a ramble at Centennial Beach in Delta, BC. Not sure if it was the highlight of the day, but we almost got beaned by a chunk of crab falling from the sky — gull?
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 : – ).
Great Blue Heron fishing, and another passing overhead:
Sleepy Mallard:
Happy Sparrow in the sunshine:
Some amazing cavity excavation work. I’d guess Pileated Woodpecker?