We spotted this stunning male coho on our patrol for spawning salmon today on Byrne Creek in SE #Burnaby. Unfortunately it appeared not to have spawned, for when we processed it the milt sacs appeared firm and full.
NOTE: It’s illegal to interfere with spawning salmon. Streamkeepers have training and permission to monitor returning salmon, and assess them for species, sex, size, and spawning status after they die.
A few shots from our patrol for spawning salmon on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby.
We found this dead rodent near the Meadow Ave. bridge. A bit of blood at the nose, but no visible damage otherwise. Used a couple of sticks to pick it up and move it into the bush.
UPDATE: On our spawner patrol a day later, it was gone. Nature cleans up fast. I just hope this wasn’t a rodenticide case that may affect whatever ate it. . .
UPDATE2: According to the hive mind at iNaturalist this is a Brown (Norway) Rat.
Cold and wet, but lovely late afternoon light today.
It was a cold, wet day, and I didn’t expect to see much, but did shoot a few eagles at Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC.
Underexposed, but I like the monochromatic appearance.
I walked to the bank in SE #Burnaby this afternoon, and took some rainy photos along the way.
First shots with my new Samsung S20FE phone. I rarely shot with a phone in the past as I always have a compact Canon SX730HS with a 40X optical zoom in a cargo pant or jacket pocket. And if I’m really being serious I lug a DSLR.
But methinks I’ll be using the S20FE more than my previous phones :-).
Setting up a Raspberry Pi 400 computer on my office TV.
That’s the entire computer contained inside the white keyboard at the bottom of the photo.
I got the kit, and setup was a breeze. Looking forward to playing with this sweet little machine.
From the description on the website:
Featuring a quad-core 64-bit processor, 4GB of RAM, wireless networking, dual-display output, and 4K video playback, as well as a 40-pin GPIO header, Raspberry Pi 400 is a powerful, easy-to-use computer built into a neat and portable keyboard.
Something that’s I didn’t see in the manual was how to set up a printer. I found this great step-by-step explanation on the Pi Blog:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/printing-at-home-from-your-raspberry-pi/
Yowza! Not one, not two, but three Steller’s Jays visited our balcony together this morning in SE Burnaby, BC.
As it gets colder and wetter we seem to be getting a broader variety of visitors to our balcony.
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Junco
We walked from the Cariboo Dam to Piper Spit and back on the weekend.
There were lots of expired chum salmon near the spit. Some people were perturbed, so I explained the salmon life cycle to them, and that this was perfectly normal.
American Coots are so goofy looking and cute!
Near Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake on the weekend.
