Lots of Long-billed Dowitchers near Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake on the weekend.
Monthly Archives: November 2020
One Step Forward, Three Covid Steps Back
As British Columbia health officials announce sweeping new measures to contain Covid, I fear our society is entering a dangerous phase in which Covid deniers and anti-maskers will continue to make life miserable for months to come for the majority of us who have been following the rules.
Covid doesn’t care about your culture, your beliefs, and your religious practices. There is no dispensation.
The beach partiers, the street partiers, the house partiers, for a few hours of “fun” you’ve made life miserable for weeks, or likely months to come, for all of us.
I cannot fathom such selfishness and antisocial behaviour.
I cannot fathom such childish focus on immediate gratification when long-term pain is in the balance.
We almost had it beat, eh?
I don’t know if I’m more angry, or sad.
I’m certainly disappointed.
My Heron Eating Coho Photo Makes Cover of Burnaby Now
Thank you Burnaby Now — my photo of a Great Blue Heron eating a Coho Salmon on the cover.
Sea to Sky Sunset at Tantalus Lookout
Reached the Tantalus Lookout on the Sea to Sky highway between Vancouver and Pemberton, BC, just as the sun set.
Autumn Leaves at One Mile Lake, Pemberton, BC
Took a short stop at One Mile Lake near Pemberton, BC, today.
Chum, Coho, Other Wildlife on Byrne Creek
Spotted a few chum and coho salmon on our patrol looking for spawning salmon on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby today. Also few other birds and beasts.
Chum salmon
Small coho jack
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.
Downy Woodpecker
Super Spawner Patrol Finds Coho, Chum on Byrne Creek
Above two coho salmon
This, and below, chum salmon
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.
Mergansers, Cormorants, Yellowlegs and More in South Surrey
Had a wonderful photo shoot at and around the Historic Stewart Farm in south Surrey, BC, today.
Cormorants flying the Nicomekl River
A mess of Mergansers
Waxwing
Bald Eagle
American Robin
Yellowlegs?
Gorgeous Afternoon Ramble at Historic Stewart Farm
I love visiting the Historic Stewart Farm in Surrey, BC, throughout the seasons.
Fireworks Irritate Neighbours, Freak Out Pets, Leave a Mess
Sigh. Fireworks aftermath in Ron McLean Park in south #Burnaby.
This disregard for the ‘hood has been going on for years every Halloween.
Not only do these inconsiderate folks irritate the neighbourhood for hours, freak out pets, and terrorize wildlife, they always leave a mess behind.
Enough.