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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.

great blue heron byrne creek burnaby bc
There were several Great Blue Herons along the way, some fishing, some snoozing.

hooded merganser fraser foreshore park burnaby bc
Male Hooded Merganser scratching an itch in the pond just west of the outfall of Byrne Creek.

female hooded merganser fraser foreshore burnaby bc
Female Hooded Merganser

eurasian collared dove fraser foreshore burnaby bc
Eurasian Collared Dove

wood duck fraser foreshore park burnaby bc
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 🙂

ring-necked ducks fraser foreshore burnaby bc
Ring-necked Ducks

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

bufflenead byrne creek burnaby bc
Bufflehead