I have been photographing the delicate fungi on this tree in Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby, BC, for years.
Today I was a wee bit sad to see the dead tree had toppled, but it was inevitable, and part of the cycle of life.
It will now rot faster and gradually fade into the forest floor while continuing to provide habitat for all sorts of other life.
I love how diffused light enhances droplets of rain.
A walk in Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby, BC.
We get out to do a loop of Deer Lake at least once a month, and more often if possible. Though it was overcast, the light was lovely, and there were plenty of birds to see.
Double-crested Cormorant
Ring-necked Duck
Bald Eagle
The area leading up to this perch has been designated as a protected wildlife area that people are not supposed to enter.
Lots to see at Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC, this morning. Was taking so many photos that I didn’t get home for lunch until nearly 2:00 pm!
Here are a few shots, may get to posting some waterfowl later. . .
I am a fierce and mighty Bald Eagle, hear me roar! Or, in this case, silently yawn 🙂
A Red-tailed Hawk preening. It was laid back for a hawk, letting me circle its perch several times angling for unimpeded shots through the brush and branches.
Steller’s Jay
Great Blue Heron on the prowl
The late-morning Robin catches a worm : -)
But you cannot have Ukrainian Christmas without kutya — hard wheat berries toasted and simmered to the point that they’re still a tish crunchy, scalded & ground poppy seeds, chopped walnuts, and honey.
Yum!
Got a Throwback Thursday tonight.
My beloved Murko the Cat, circa early 1970s.
Recently found a few home-developed and enlarged-in-a-bathroom darkroom black & whites in a trunk in the garage. (Most of my early photos were destroyed in a basement flood in the early 1980s . . . .)
Murko and I were bonded.
When I went into hospital for scoliosis surgery in my early teens and was away from home for over a month, my parents said he lost half his body weight in depression.
Never tell me cats show no love, eh?
In a previous post yesterday I shared some birding photos from Iona Beach Regional Park.
Here are some scenic views from the same ramble.
Following a morning shooting birds at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR (see previous post), I headed down to the Historic Stewart Farm in Surrey, BC.
Common Loon
Pileated Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker in action vid: https://youtu.be/QeGdLjhvKUg
In the first part of a wildlife photo double-header, I spent a few hours at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR before heading down to south Surrey.
Anna’s Hummingbird
And a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/N9LfiQAV1ks
Bald Eagle
Northern Flicker
Accountability.
Putin has long been failing in his efforts to “restore” the bloody glory of empire.
Why kill your neighbours, their children? Why bomb hospitals and schools?
The man is demented, but it’s so scary that so many Russians are still following his orders.
I am talking to you, Russian soldier. Why are you killing children?
Why are you bombing schools and hospitals? Why target the kids and the wounded with your missiles?
Have you no conscience?
Russian TV is still celebrating the invasion, no matter how many Russian lives, and Ukrainian lives, it has taken.
Mass delusion.
But. . .
There’s something in the wind. Dictators rarely get this freaked out.
The killer looks increasingly pasty, tired.
We appeal to all Russians of concscience, of love. . . Stop.
Refuse to fight, to continue this invasion.
Refute the madman.
Join Ukraine in democracy and freedom.