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In a cute moment highly reminiscent of another bushtit family gathering from 2016, three young songbird fledglings roost together in the sun-dappled shade of the pear tree, while parents and helpers (older siblings) pick grubs from the leaves nearby, while keeping up a steady stream of conversation. My young subjects were only too willing to oblige for my lens. Photographed in late May 2020.

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Cute Baby Bushtit Songbirds in the Pear Tree Card

The perfect greeting cards for cat lovers!  This l'il shadowboxer looks like s/he means business, but that stern expression belies a very friendly nature. It takes a very trusting feline to walk right up to a complete stranger, lie on the ground, and roll around several times (showing belly) in the parking lot at the Ladner Harbour Park (where it looks like a film shoot or a local festival is being set up) as if she's known you all her life. She certainly knows how to play up to the camera -- those yellow eyes never leave it (maybe she's a studio cat)! Oh, and she came by to rub my legs after she finished with her sandbath.

Cute Shadowboxing Orange Tabby Cat in the Gravel

An adorable flock of very young Canada Goose goslings--perhaps hatched just a few days ago--from the first crop of feathered babies at Burnaby Lake / Piper Spit forages on the grass on a sunny spring day. Despite the human traffic in the area, its parents were, surprisingly, very uncharacteristically relaxed and unprotective of their small brood. Photographed in late April 2017.

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Adorable Baby Canada Geese on the Grass

This is how birders get together to do lunch!

Seafood dining at its best! One of five Black Oystercatchers we spotted on a windy, cloudy day at the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty over the Great Backyard Bird Count 2017 (Feb 17-20) weekend. The fishing (clamming?) was good ... these shorebirds were hauling in clam after clam after clam!

This photo was the 1st Place Winner in the Behavior Category of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's 2017 Great Backyard Bird Count Photo Contest (see this Bird Canada article here https://birdcanada.com/are-you-in-the-gbbc)

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Stunning Black Oystercatcher Shorebird with Clam

Beautiful Varied Thrush Songbird in the Snow

Varied Thrush in the Snow Christmas Holiday

After sitting outside for an hour and a half as the afternoon snow fell quickly and in fat clumps this afternoon, this beautiful male Varied Thrush finally ventured to the bowl of the seed on the ground. Occasionally, he would look up and gaze in my direction before resuming his meal. After eating his fill (and keeping the other, smaller songbirds at bay), he returned to flipping leaf litter under the thicket. My first time photographing a Varied Thrush in the snow. Taken in early February 2017. 

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WWN Stunning Varied Thrush in the Driving Snow

If the legendary celestial phoenix had an earthly form, it would have to be this creature. Golden Pheasants are showstoppers, wherever you see them. In their natural environment, these shy creatures seek the underbrush in the day and roost high in trees at night. As with most birds in the avian kingdom, the males are the ones who dress to impress, and this uncharacteristically bold fellow is no exception. This is the red gold variant. 

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Stunning Profile of a Red Golden Pheasant

Japanese Andromeda aka Pieris Japonica is one of my favorite shrubs. It is one of the first plants to flower in the spring--making it an early and obvious choice for pollinators like bumblebees and honeybees--and its slow growing nature makes it an easy-to-maintain natural border plant. Its medley of young dark red leaves, mature yellowish green leaves, and white bell-shaped flowers contrasts nicely against a blue sky and makes for spectacular landscape shots.

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Japanese Andromeda Bonfire

Living in a place where the colors change as the seasons each have moments in time to express themselves is always something wondrous to witness. Clockwise from top left: winterberries (Fall), rudbeckias (Summer), sun-dappled green leaves in the forest (Spring), and dusty miller (Winter).

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Colors of the Changing Seasons Quadriptych

Funny Owl I Need to Do ... Snowy Owls Water Bottle

Beautiful, Dreamy and Serene Snowy Owl Jigsaw Puzzle

Beautiful, Dreamy and Serene Snowy Owl Classic Round Sticker

Beautiful, Dreamy and Serene Snowy Owl Magnet

Beautiful, Dreamy and Serene Snowy Owl Round Pillow

Beautiful, Dreamy and Serene Snowy Owl Water Bottle

Owls are such fascinating creatures. They are front page newsmakers, drawing the interest of birders, nature lovers, and just about everyone else who has a pulse. Snowy Owls are especially charismatic; the largest owls in North America only show up in Metro Vancouver every few years, and their appearance during our winters causes crowds of admirers and fans to form and flock.

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WWN Beautiful Dreamy & Serene Snowy Owl

Colors of the Changing Seasons Quadriptych Mug

Colors of the Changing Seasons Quadriptych Bath Mat

Colors of the Changing Seasons Quadriptych Guest Book

Vivid Colors of the Changing Seasons Coaster Set

Colors of the Changing Seasons Quadriptych Serving Tray

Add a touch of nature to your important documents with these file folders, which feature the colors of the seasons.Living in a place where the colors change as the seasons each have moments in time to express themselves is always something wondrous to witness. From top to bottom: rudbeckias (Summer), winterberries (Fall), and sun-dappled green leaves in the forest (Spring).

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WWN Colors of the Changing Seasons

Add a touch of nature to any room with this whimsical, wildlife-themed wall hanging. 

These Tree Swallow nestlings are just about ready to fledge and take wing in the big wide world outside their nestbox, which is getting a bit crowded now they're almost full grown. I got the attention of the one on the left, and a few moments later, its sibling decided that I was worth a look, too, and also poked its head through the entrance opening!

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Tree Swallows Looking Out at the Big Wide World Canvas Print

Seeing a Downy Woodpecker (usually the female) on the backyard suet feeder isn't unusual. Seeing this male (busy whittling wood here) and his female (unseen, but preening herself nearby) on the pear tree just when we got a spot of sunshine over the Great Backyard Bird Count 2017 (Feb 17-20) weekend, was!

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Cute Downy Woodpecker on Fruit Tree Magnet

Add a touch of nature and elegance to your bathroom with this floral-themed towel set. 

The first pastel pink lily to bloom in the backyard during an uncharacteristically cold and overcast June 1, 2017, is one of my favorite cultivars, the Oriental Lilium Stargazer. This rain-kissed specimen was photographed just after an early morning shower.

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Elegant Pink Oriental Lily Lilium Stargazer Flower Bath Towel Set

Tropical Vintage Seashells of Southeast Asia Notebook

Tropical Vintage Seashells of Southeast Asia Tripod Lamp

Tropical Vintage Seashells of Southeast Asia Water Bottle

Vintage Exotic Seashells of Southeast Asia Jigsaw Puzzle

Tropical Vintage Seashells of Southeast Asia Bath Mat

WWN Tropical Vintage Seashells of Southeast Asia

Add a touch of nature to the kitchen with this whimsical, wildlife-themed all-over-print apron!

My second visit to the Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver produced meetings with not two, but six blacktail deer in a clearing ... four fawns and two does who seemed completely at ease with the small group of photographers in their midst. The younger ones seemed almost as curious about the humans as we were about them! This fawn was extremely happy to be alive, bounding in a very Bambi-esque manner through the forest! Photographed in late August 2016.

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Cute Baby Bushtit Songbirds in the Pear Tree Card

Cute Baby Bushtit Songbirds in the Pear Tree Card

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