As the colours start to change on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC, I look forward to Coho and Chum salmon coming back to spawn.
With rain in the forecast, chances are improving that fish will start moving up the creek soon. Streamkeeper volunteers usually start seeing spawners around the third week of October, but it can vary. . .





I was looking for salmon and other wildlife along the Pemberton Meadows Road. It was quiet for the most part. I could see Sockeye Samon in Miller Creek, but the water was very dirty.
I heard a Belted Kingfisher, and spotted it across the creek. These beauties are very shy, despite their raucous call
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I took a two-night camping trip up the Sea to Sky. While there were few birds to photograph, I was enthralled to watch Sockey Salmon spawning at the south end of One Mile Lake near Pemberton, BC.
As I was shooting, a young woman who was jogging by stopped and said, “They’re so beautiful, aren’t they? So sad that they die.”
“Yes,” I answered. “The cycle of life. . . ”
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