We had a long walk at Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby, BC, today.
Twice we saw Red-tailed Hawks harrassed by Crows.
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Wilson’s Warbler
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Eagles, Warblers, Swallows on Byrne Creek, Fraser Foreshore
I took a long walk to Fraser Foreshore Park and back home today, about a 2-hour ramble, plus an extra hour for dallying here and there to take photos.
I didn’t see Bald Eagles in the nests near the river, but as I was moving along, I heard some, and saw a pair come soaring in to land near a nest.
Wilson’s Warbler — happy to see these cute, wee birds back.
Violet-green Swallows are among my favourite birds for their iridescent appearance and aerobatic skills.
Western Tanager, Townsend’s Warbler in Burnaby, BC
I had two photographic “firsts” today — I shot a Western Tanager and a Townsend’s Warbler in Ron McLean Park in Burnaby, BC.
Western Tanager
Wilson’s Warblers, House Finches, Byrne Creek Ravine Park in Burnaby, BC
I was happy to see Wilson’s Warblers and House Finches on an afternoon walk in Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby, BC, today.
Flickers in Love, Woodpeckers, Hummers in South Burnaby
On my second walk today I spotted a couple of Northern Flickers making babies in Byrne Creek Ravine Park, an Anna’s Hummingbird in Taylor Park, a Downy Woodpecker, and more.
Anna’s Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flickers not wearing seatbelts : – )
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pelagic Cormorant, Swallows, Goldfinch & More at Steveston BC
We headed down to Steveston for a walk around Garry Point Park, and along the dyke north and back.
Pelagic Cormorant. I think this is the first time I’ve photographed one.
American Goldfinch
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Anna’s Hummingbird
Bald Eagle
Northern Flickers
Mallard
Eagles, Hummers, Cowbirds & More at Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby, BC
My morning walk today in Fraser Foreshore Park in SE Burnaby, BC.
The first set is of a crow harassing a Bald Eagle.
Brown-headed Cowbirds
American Robin
Anna’s Hummingbird
Eurasian Collared Dove
Red-winged Blackbird
Parting With Some Older DSLRs
A couple of old(er) warhorses ready to be assessed at Broadway Camera in Richmond, BC. The chain is having a trade-in/buy-out event.
Kinda sad to see them go.
After owning several Nikon 35mm cameras starting in the early 1970s, the D300 was my first DSLR, a solid beast of a camera that lasts forever. I bought it in April 2008.
The D7200 also got a lot of use, and I have a AA-battery grip for it that added vertical shooting controls in addition to holding the extra battery power. I shot plenty of events, anniversaries, and a wedding with it over the years. I’m including a well-worn but optically good Nikkor 18-200mm zoom with the D7200.
DSLRs are gradually being phased out. I have a small Nikon Z50 mirrorless that I really like, and will hang on to a Nikon D7500 DSLR for awhile longer. And some day I’d love to get a mirrorless Nikon Z9 — an amazing camera that one of my fave camera review sites calls “a stills/video monster.” 
I usually sell gear through Craig’s List and other similar online venues, but I’m tired of the runnaround. Will get less going to a camera store, but if what they offer me is in the ballpark of what I’d like to get — sold.
Flowers ‘n Foliage in SE Burnaby, BC
Another soggy spring walk in SE Burnaby, BC, but the colours were lovely.
Found the “Amazing” Brentwood Overwhelming, Depressing
Sometimes I’m not that keen on “progress.”
I took the car in for scheduled service today, and while it was in the shop for about three hours, I wandered up Willingdon to the “Amazing” Brentwood here in Burnaby, BC. Had not yet been in the redeveloped mall.
Yes, it’s impressive in some ways.
But overall I found the ramble along kilometers of concrete sidewalks amid the ever-increasing density of massive new towers diminishing and depressing.
Yes, I know. People need places to live and to work. But the pyramid scheme of “endless” growth on a finite planet is increasingly troubling.
I’ve lived in New York City. I’ve lived in Tokyo. I’ve spent time in Hong Kong. . .
Perhaps I’m sounding NIMBY-ish on a city-wide scale. Perhaps for younger generations oceans of concrete and asphalt are “home.”
But give me lush forests, give me healthy creeks and lakes teeming with life other than human. . . We still have that in Burnaby. But it’s increasingly being hemmed in by walls of glass and steel.