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
Spotted this gorgeous Red-tailed Hawk at Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC, this morning.
As we were ending our Byrne Creek ramble passing through Ron McLean Park in SE Burnaby, we spotted a Northern Flicker and a Bewick’s Wren.
Steller’s Jay getting acorn, Wigeon, Yellowlegs, Chickadee, Mason Bee boxes at Historic Stewart Farm in south Surrey, BC.
Lots of Great Blue Herons at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR, and a Red-tailed Hawk at McDonald Beach next door.
Went out to Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR today to check out the Snow Geese.
Spotted this Varied Thrush as we headed out the door on our Byrne Creek walk in SE Burnaby, BC, this morning.
Surprized and gratified to see Sockeye Salmon spawning in a wee creek at the north end of One Mile Lake near Pemberton, BC.
I had no idea there were Sockeye there, though for years it’s been a favourite photo destination whilst camping up the Sea to Sky.
As I was photographing the spawners, a couple came by and we chatted for some time. Turns out they were long-time streamkeeper volunteers and had worked on habitat restoration in the area, and the guy had worked for DFO as a technician years ago.
I love these streamkeeper connections, and the opportunity to learn from locals about their watersheds.
I got to sit in this lovely wood rocker today while teaching kids the watershed education part of the Stream of Dreams Murals Society program. I love libraries!
We enjoyed tramping around Centennial Beach in Delta, BC, today. It’s one of my favourite places to look for raptors and we were not disappinted.
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle spots a fish
Crows spot the Bald Eagle
Crows steal the fish!