Old Orchard Park
We figured there wasn’t much window of opportunity to visit the heron rookery in Port Moody. Though the horrible dinosaur monster babies were still fairly distant, I managed to snap a couple of decent pics.
Belcarra Regional Park
There weren’t many birds around the picnic area (except for some geese) but you can’t deny the scenery is first-rate. Here’s Boulder Island, and behind it is the Dollarton neighbourhood of North Vancouver. Deep Cove would be a bit to the right.
Belcarra didn’t give us many bird photo ops, but look at what we found in the shallows of Bedwell Bay! A whole bunch of teeny tiny crabs! All different colours, but all blending in pretty well with their varied surroundings. They were hard to shoot not just because of the wibbly water, but they were so small that the extremely gentle waves could still push them around. How they get anything done, I can’t imagine.
Ooo artsy!
ƛ̓éxətəm (Tlahutum) Regional Park
I was thrilled to catch this Common Yellowthroat out in the open. The angle wasn’t ideal, but you can see its namesake brilliant yellow throat and snazzy black mask.
Piper Spit
Here’s an adult dinosaur coming in for a landing. Check out its pantaloons!
