This is why it’s a good idea to use toothpicks when feeding a turtle. She doesn’t bite on purpose, but sometimes she gets carried away, especially when given an uncommon treat like bits of steamed kabocha squash this evening.
Fortunately she spits out the bits of toothpick that she bites off in her eagerness. Sometimes we feed her treat using chopsticks.
Spent a couple of hours at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR today. There were lots of bald eagles, flocks of snow geese, a few hawks, and some herons.
Not sure… rough-legged hawk?
Got off on my near-daily Burnaby south slope ravine walk a bit late today.
It’s been a great winter for beautiful skies in south Burnaby, BC, ranging from inspiring to moody. Here’s a shot taken from Taylor Park during a one-hour ramble on south slope trails.
I watched this common merganser swim in the overflow pond and the sediment pond in the Byrne Creek artificial spawning habitat in SE Burnaby, BC. Don’t see these in Byrne that often.
After awhile I guess it had enough of being observed and flushed spectacularly, zooming right over us. I whipped my wee Canon pocket camera up and got this shot full of motion and blur, but I kinda like it!
Too bad I didn’t have a much faster DSLR at hand…
Lovely sunny day for a walk along the quay.
A chilly beach walk at Crescent Beach, South Surrey, BC.
Bald Eagle
Enjoyed a frosty loop of Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC, this afternoon.
All shot with my pocket Canon Elph 520HS from the Market Crossing parking lot during a run for groceries.
A wee bit of snow was dusting the foliage as we took a loop around Rice Lake this afternoon.
