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. . .
Some more info about these turtles here from the South Coast Conservation Program.
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 took an overnight camping trip up the Sea to Sky and was happy to find a couple of Osprey near Pemberon, BC.
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 heard this Barred Owl’s distinctive call well before we spotted it. And when we did, it appeared to be dozing off : – ).
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?
Spectacular views!
And of course, birds and bees. . .
House Sparrow
Nootka Rose
Spit Bug
Yumi on the beach
We strolled the boardwalk in New Westminster, BC, this morning, and spotted this Northern Flicker.
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?