Despite the wet, gloomy weather, I walked the lower portion of Byrne Creek in Burnaby, mostly because I was curious to see how high the river and creek were with the highest tide of the month and the rain.

This is a few meters upstream of the flap gates at the  mouth of the creek

Red-tailed Hawk

A couple of Gadwalls in the pond just west of the creek outfall

Spotted Towhee

Golden-crowned Sparrow