Fierce competion at Scott Creek in Coquitlam, BC!
Chum males duking it out for spawning rights.
Category Archives: Nature
Video of Chum Salmon Spawning in Stoney Creek, Burnaby, BC
We checked out Stoney Creek in NE Burnaby, BC, hearing chum salmon were back and spawning. We were delighted to see several.
Wildlife, Autumn Colors on Byrne Creek in Burnaby
We didn’t see any salmon on our spawner patrol on Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC, but did see some other wildlife and glorious autumn colours.
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Flicker
Bald Eagle
Steller’s Jay
Tantalus Lookout on the Sea to Sky
Coming home from a overnight camping trip to Alice Lake near Squamish and Pemberton, I got some shots from the Tantalus Lookout on the Sea to Sky highway in BC.
Autumn Colours at One Mile Lake, Pemberton, BC
With a day of meetings cancelled, I took an overnight camping trip to Alice Lake Provincial Park near Squamish, BC.
Using that as my base, I drove up to the Pemberton area to photograph beasts and autumn colours at One Mile Lake and up the Pemberton Meadows Road.
Here are a few shots.
Fall Camping at Alice Lake Near Squamish
I took an overnight camping trip to Alice Lake Provincial Park near Squamish, BC, yesterday. It was chilly and dark — about the same amount of daylight and night, but at least it was dry.
I love the peace and quiet of solo camping early or late in the season.
Spawning Salmon Arriving Soon as Heavy Rain Hits Byrne Creek in Burnaby
Volunteer streamkeepers welcome the heavy October rain in Burnaby, BC, that will entice chum and coho salmon to start returning to Byrne Creek to spawn.
Streamkeepers have permission from City of Burnaby Parks to zap-strap posters to trees in the ravine reminding dogs to keep their owners out of the creek during spawning season and through April when the salmon eggs will hatch.
Here’s a short video of the heavy rain today.
Morning Autumn Colors in Byrne Creek Ravine Park
With rain in the forecast I headed out on my near-daily Byrne Creek Ravine walk in Burnaby, BC, earlier than usual today.
Byrne Creek Motion Blur Autumn Colors
I had fun experimenting with ultra-slow shutter speeds and intentional motion blur and zooming techniques on my Byrne Creek walk in SE Burnaby this morning.
Fall Colors While Birding at Fraser Foreshore Park
Glorious colors and lots of birds to be seen at Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby, BC, this morning.
The trash grate near the mouth of Byrne Creek. I saw a heron swallow an adult coho in one gulp here about the same time last year.
Eurasian Collared Dove
Black-capped Chickadee
Peekaboo Bandit
Mallards — I wonder if the one on the left is leucistic? (Partial loss of pigmentation.)
Northern Flicker
