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Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory. 

At the end of July, flocks of 15-20 of Bushtits returned to the backyard, descending onto the trees and shrubs. This young fellow--one of many juveniles/immatures successfully fledged earlier this summer--was awaiting his turn on the newly installed suet cage, while as many as 10 would bathe together on the wet grass, which was given a good sprinkling earlier in the morning, and another 10 would be attacking the suet at the same time. Photographed in early August 2017.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Cute Wee Bushtit Songbird on Fruit Tree Jigsaw Puzzle

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory. 

An unexpectedly close encounter with a female Northern Harrier while walking the paths of the local wildlife area in early Spring 2017. This beautiful, owl-faced bird of prey, so often seen soaring the skies, was hunkered down in the marshes -- probably waiting out her next meal, a duck who had gone to ground.

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Beautiful Northern Harrier Hawk in the Marshes Jigsaw Puzzle

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory.

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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Cute Baby Tree Swallows Looking at Big Wide World Jigsaw Puzzle

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this elegant, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory. A great gift idea for nature lovers!

This adult male Hairy Woodpecker was noisily deconstructing trees at the North 40 Park Reserve and showing off his gravity-defying moves to a(n) (unseen) convocation of Bald Eagles as spectators. Photographed in South Delta, BC, Canada, on the last day of the 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count.

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Hairy Woodpecker Working the Wood Jigsaw Puzzle

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory. 

Usually the Northern Flickers I meet like to keep a rather "discreet" 50-foot distance between themselves and the photographer. For some inexplicable reason, this male Red-Shafted decided that he was best admired, not just high up in the tree, but on the ground as well ... some 6.5 feet away!

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Male Red-Shafted Northern Flicker in a Tree Jigsaw Puzzle

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory. The second time I've seen Dunlins since first spotting a small flock huddled together in their breeding plumage (with their trademark black belly patches), on a cold spring day on the Iona Jetty spit in 2010. Three were part of a larger group of 10-12, who were fraternizing with a larger flock of Sanderlings (60) and a single out-of-season Semipalmated Plover (not pictured here).

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Flock of Dunlins and Sanderlings at the Beach Jigsaw Puzzle

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory.

The humble but prolific anise hyssop (hummingbird mint) is the flower of choice for hummingbirds, and the ease with which these small fragrant pink (or red or orange) flowers grow makes them popular with honeybees, bumblebees, and many other insects too. Taken earlier in the summer of 2016, when an abundance of visiting Rufous hummingbirds meant more feeding opportunities for these little red birds (and more contenders for the resident Anna's hummingbirds meant more opportunities to photograph the feisty  little migrants and challengers).

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Rufous Hummingbird Feeding on the Anise Hyssop Jigsaw Puzzle

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this whimsical, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory. 

A harbor seal coyly throws me a wink from the White Rock Pier in early November 2021 (apparently, we shared a secret or an inside joke). Who says animals don't have a sense of humor?

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Funny Harbor Seal Coyly Winks at Photographer Jigsaw Puzzle

Add a touch of nature to the living room, bedroom, or any room in your home with this elegant, wildlife-themed throw! 

Being an escapee from an Oregon farm did not diminish the appeal of this adult male Mandarin Duck, whose flight to freedom was rewarded with a constant supply of bird seed and the company of Wood Ducks at Piper Spit. I was gifted with the privilege of his metamorphosis over many agonizingly slow months, as I watched him exchange his post-breeding plumage for the magnificent feathers and stunning color palette that make him a dream to photograph (and a hit with the females of his kind). Mother Nature left nothing to the artist's imagination when she made this creature! Photographed at Burnaby Lake in mid-October 2018.

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Beautiful Mandarin Duck in the Pond Throw Pillow

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, outdoors-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory. 

Fall migration in the Pacific Northwest is a great way to get close encounters with stunning shorebirds like the normallly reticent and camera-shy Killdeer. Photographed in early September 2018.

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Beautiful Killdeer at the Beach Jigsaw Puzzle

Profile of a Buff-Breasted Sandpiper at the Beach Canvas Print

Profile of a Buff-Breasted Sandpiper at the Beach Placemat

Profile of a Buff-Breasted Sandpiper at the Beach Jigsaw Puzzle

Profile of a Buff-Breasted Sandpiper at the Beach Serving Tray

An unusual bird to see in Metro Vancouver during the fall migratory bird season, this Buff-Breasted Sandpiper was one of two I had the opportunity to photograph up close, and one of five spotted here in 2016. Like the Sanderling, the BBSA is exceedingly comfortable around humans. 

The BBSA is special for another reason: fewer than 80,000 individuals are estimated worldwide (per data from migration sites and its allaboutbirds.org/guide/Buff-breasted_Sandpiper/id profile; actual figures are difficult to obtain, as it does not always exhibit nest fidelity), making it a Near Threatened species. Its dainty, dove-like head, short bill, and buff coloration make it one of the easier peeps to identify. It is a transcontinental bird, flying northwards to breed in the arctic, and wintering in South America.

Rather comically, this one spent some time chasing the other one off. Apparently, it wanted the attention of the photographers all to itself! When it wasn't hogging the limelight, it made sure every lens was trained on it -- regardless of what it was doing -- foraging, resting on the grass, or grooming its feathers. Photographed in late August 2016.

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WWN Buff-Breasted Sandpiper at Low Tide

Add a touch of nature to your attire with this wildlife design, which features a snowy owl, feathered softly to disappear into a [white] background. 

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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Beautiful, Dreamy and Serene Snowy Owl Bandana

Add a touch of nature and whimsy with your golf game with this wildlife-themed club head cover!

It's always a wonderful moment when our subjects seek us out instead of the other way around! A particularly bold American Robin approaches our picnic table to stare at us -- perhaps he was hoping that we had worms or berries with us?

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A Curious and Hopeful American Robin Golf Head Cover

Profile of a Whimbrel Placemat

Another gorgeous loner, a late migrant Whimbrel, wanders the autumn shores on an early sunny afternoon at the south side of the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty in its (highly successful) search for crabs. This wading bird--normally gone by early fall in Metro Vancouver--has overstayed its welcome, to the delight of wildlife photographers, instead of heading to South America with its chums.

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WWN Whimbrel at the Beach

Add a touch of nature and elegance to the kitchen or dining room with this wildlife-themed glass coaster. 

A female Great Horned Owl wows the crowds at the Seventh Annual Raptor Festival in Terra Nova Rural Park, Richmond. Owls have ears that are not level with each other — one is higher than the other, and each earhole is even angled a bit differently too. Quite the sound system.

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Cute Wee Bushtit Songbird on Fruit Tree Jigsaw Puzzle

Cute Wee Bushtit Songbird on Fruit Tree Jigsaw Puzzle

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Other jigsaw puzzles from various stores