Took a three-hour photo stroll along Fraser Foreshore Park in South Burnaby today.
Sparrow
American Robin
Oh yeah! There. Right there… Ah….
Spotted Towhee
I am song. Hear me sing.
Mallards
Northern Flickers
Flashing a bit of sleeve. This could set off a kimono duel… : – )
Cedar Waxwing
Tree swallow
There were several Northern Harriers near Centennial Beach in Delta, BC, today. Also lots of other birds, and a variety of bees and wasps, several of them burrowing species.
Swallows in, er, action
Bunny taking the sun. Yumi spotted the bunny — it’s great having a patient partner along to double the eyes searching for wildlife!
Lots of burrowing insects
Lots of birds at Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby today. Also a furry critter.
And let’s throw in a few pollinators from today’s walk:
First, raw, by the succulent handful.
Second, garnish for morning multigrain flakes, afternoon treat ice-cream concoctions.
Next, muffins, pies…
Last, freeze some.
Spent a couple of hours shooting around the ponds in Burnaby’s Fraser Foreshore Park.
Happy to see lots of fish on Byrne Creek walk in SE Burnaby, BC, today.
This shot was taken very slowly and carefully : -)
A few more shots from yesterday’s ramble.
I was supposed to be up in Haida Gwaii this weekend for SEHAB meetings and tours of local stewardship projects, but a nasty stomach bug and fever that hit the night before the early Friday morning flight kept me grounded.
By noon today I was feeling good enough to get out and about again, so I consoled my loss of Haida Gwaii with a few hours shooting nature photos in South Surrey.
Bald Eagle carrying fish
Dancing cranefly duo. Whoops, more likely some kind of wasps?
Saw lots of bees in Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby today.
I took advantage of a lull in the rain to get some closeup shots around our front door and on our balcony. Also one of our turtle under her sun lamp.
For the photographers, these were shot with a Nikon D300 DSLR and my all-manual, some 35-year-old 55mm/3.5 Micro Nikkor.
Dori looks more orange than green with the warm color temperature of her basking lamp
