Great Blue Heron taking a fish at a pond in Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby, BC, this morning. Not sure what it got, but perhaps an invasive Pumpkinseed?
Creeping along. . .
Ready. . . Aim . . .
Fire!
Gotcha!
Taking the fish to ground to reposition it for eating.
Down the hatch!
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
Another soggy spring walk in SE Burnaby, BC, but the colours were lovely.
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.”