It was nice to see native Western Painted Turtles at Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC, today, amid all the invasive Red-eared Sliders.

Just a few mintues after we started our walk around Deer Lake in Burnaby, BC, today, we came upon this Cooper’s Hawk.

It was calm, allowing us to get to within a few meters of it.

I spent a couple of hours at Fraser Foreshore Park in SE Burnaby this morning. In addition to my previous posts today featuring a Downy Woodpecker and a Rufous Hummingbird, here’s a collection of other birds I saw today.

Bald Eagles

House Finch male

House Finch female

Pine Siskin. These are the wee birds that have been suffering a salmonellosis outbreak around the BC lower mainland this year. Wildlife organizations asked people to take down bird feeders months ago to help prevent the spread of the disease, and AFAIK that advice still stands.

Yumi and I found a couple of dead ones earlier this year, so nice to see this one looking OK.

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Green-winged Teal

I heard this Downy Woodpecker long before I finally spotted it.

Spotted this Rufuous Hummingbird near the east end of Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby, BC, today.

There were a couple of Great Blue Herons fishing in Fraser Foreshore Park ponds and in the river this morning in SE Burnaby, BC.

I walked from the Cariboo Dam to Piper Spit and back on Burnaby Lake in Burnaby, BC.

Canada Geese were putting on quite a show!

I came across this Anna’s Hummingbird sipping from salmonberry blossoms about halfway between the Cariboo Dam and Burnaby Lake in Burnaby today.