Three-Hour South Burnaby Birding Ramble

I walked from our place near Edmonds Skytrain Station all the way to Fraser Foreshore Park and back. With nature photography included, it was a nearly three-hour ramble.

double-crested cormorant byrne creek burnaby bc
This Double-crested Cormorant was in Byrne Creek just upstream of the bridge into Riverway Golf Course.

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There were several Great Blue Herons along the way, some fishing, some snoozing.

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Male Hooded Merganser scratching an itch in the pond just west of the outfall of Byrne Creek.

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Female Hooded Merganser

eurasian collared dove fraser foreshore burnaby bc
Eurasian Collared Dove

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Male Wood Duck

female wood ducks fighting fraser foreshore burnaby bc
Two female Wood Ducks having a spat over dating rights to the male pictured above 🙂

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Ring-necked Ducks

bald eagle near nest fraser foreshore burnaby bc
Bald Eagle and nest

bufflenead byrne creek burnaby bc
Bufflehead