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?
I was happy to spot this native Western Painted Turtle at Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC, this morning. I’ve never seen many there though I’ve been photographing turtles there for decades. The next log had the regular crew of invasive Red-eared Sliders. . . .
I occasionally wonder about the apparently deteriorating ability of humans to navigate in the real world.
I was on a work trip the other day, and at one point told my passenger “we’ll arrive at XYZ at 12:15, any preference for where to stop for a bite?”
Passenger looked over, didn’t see any cell phone in the holder. “How do you know we’ll arrive at 12:15?”
“The road sign we passed about a minute ago said it was 60km. We’re driving at the freeway limit of 120kph. That makes it 30 minutes, give or take a minute. It’s now 11:45 so we’ll arrive about 12:15.”
Silence. “Let me check my GPS. . . Ah, no signal . . . “
I always make a stop at Porteau Cove on the Sea to Sky whenever I’m headed up or back Squamish / Whistler / Pemberton way. Today’s prize was watching this fuzzbutt Minkying around : – ).
It was a lovely morning for a chum salmon fry release in our local creek in Burnaby, BC. Our volunteer streamkeeper group rotates the annual releases through local elementary schools.
Thanks to DFO and the good folks at Kanaka Creek who raised the wee chum!