Morning at Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake in Burnaby, BC, and sandwich lunch and lake loop at Deer Lake.

Red-winged Blackbird in full display mode at Piper Spit

Northern Pintails are among my fave waterfowl – they look so sleek and elegant

There were lots of Double-crested Cormorants at Deer Lake

Temperature records were set all over BC today, and the invasive Red-eared Sliders were basking at Deer Lake

This Great Blue Heron was perched high in a tree at Deer Lake
