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Add a touch of nature and elegance to every room in your home with this floral-themed switchplate cover! Sometimes a mistake can be the path to a new technique. This Crested Iris was actually photographed outdoors under natural daylight after I forgot to reset shutter speed and aperture settings from the previous photo.

Elegant Floral Crested Shaga Japanese Iris Light Switch Cover

Add a touch of nature to every room in your home with this wildlife-themed switchplate cover!

Nothing heralds spring like Tree Swallows. These small and very approachable birds amaze me with their astonishing aerial maneuvers and beautiful iridescent blue plumage. 

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

Handsome Tree Swallow Songbird on a Wire Light Switch Cover

Add a touch of nature to every room in your home with this floral-themed switchplate cover!

I couldn't find an angle I liked with this two-tone Triandrus Daffodil until I did a few macro shots of it, and the seeming randomness of the streaks of red running rampant through this bright yellow flower seemed to me like a chaotically natural expression of art.

Stunning Two-Tone Red Yellow Monsella Tulips Light Switch Cover

Add a touch of nature to every room in your home with this wildlife-themed switchplate cover! The perfect choice for bird lovers!

This male Pekin Robin decided to satisfy his curiosity of the approaching humans, and flew into a large tropical tree to observe us from under the large leafy cover. Our initial encounter was all too brief and disappointing, but this second meeting yielded the opportunity to study this wonderfully dressed and beautiful singer in much greater detail and length. Our subject must have noticed this, as he was unusually still and not hopping from branch to branch!

An Indian subcontinent native, this Old World babbler is so popular that many other countries want to claim it for their own, and so, it goes by other aliases, including Pekin Robin, Pekin nightingale, Japanese hill robin, and Japanese nightingale. 

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

Colorful Leiothrix / Pekin Robin Songbird Light Switch Cover

Add a touch of nature to every room in your home with this wildlife-themed switchplate cover! The perfect switchplate cover for hummingbird lovers! 

The start of the growing season means the return of the diminutive but feisty Rufous Hummingbirds to Metro Vancouver. From March through August, their presence means increased competition for nectar feeders and flowers for the resident Anna's hummingbirds. This fellow was one of five Rufouses to visit the Richmond Nature Park regularly on an early spring day. We witnessed extremely vocal and physical territorial disputes (which were, rather comically, inversely proportional to the size of the combatants). Photographed on April 4, 2016.

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

Stunning Rufous Hummingbird in the Sun Light Switch Cover

Add a touch of nature to every room in your home with this whimsical, wildlife-themed switchplate cover. The perfect choice for bird lovers! If someone combined the adorably big head and black eyes of a Black-Capped Chickadee with the colours and bill of a Kookaburra in a Jay-sized body, they'd have the whimsically-named Whiskeyjack. Also known by its less colourful aliases of Canada Jay and Gray Jay, we saw no fewer than six at Manning Park's Lightning Lake, where they would boldly descend on picnic tables in the hopes of free handouts.

Profile of a Cute Grey Jay / Whiskeyjack Light Switch Cover

Add a touch of nature to every room in your home with this wildlife-themed switchplate cover! The perfect choice for wildlife lovers! By far, Columbian Ground Squirrels are the most entertaining wildlife at Manning Park, and the first ones to greet us in the parking lot of Manning Park Resort. These Prairie Dogs of the West were positioned near their network of holes in the ground (or in rotted tree stumps) and often calling in an upright position like meerkats or groundhogs (when they weren't chasing each other around or kissing). We found plenty at Manning Park Resort and Lightning Lake (particularly near the picnic tables). Columbian Ground Squirrels spend the short summer bulking up on fat reserves for their hibernation period, which lasts for seven months!

A Twitchy-Nosed Columbian Ground Squirrel Light Switch Cover

Hermit Thrush Songbird on Scarlet Firethorn Light Switch Cover

The first time I have seen the reclusive Hermit Thrush perfectly posed on the pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet Firethorn) in the front yard. The warm yellow you see in the backyard is the leaves of the neighbor's weeping alder (just a few days after this photograph was taken, those leaves all fell off).

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

WWN Hermit Thrush on the Scarlet Firethorn

Stunning Hooded Merganser Ducks at the Pond Coffee Mug Set

A Meeting of Hooded Merganser Ducks at the Pond Glass Coaster

A Meeting of Hooded Merganser Ducks at the Pond Cornhole Set

A Meeting of Hooded Mergansers Post-it Notes

A Meeting of Hooded Mergansers Metal Ornament

A Meeting of Hooded Merganser Ducks Adult Cloth Face Mask

With their inflatable headwear and striking plumage, Hooded Mergansers are a treat to find (but hard to photograph because of their skittish nature). Fortunately, this pair--part of a small flock at the local pond--was too caught up in courtship rituals to notice the photographer in their midst.

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WWN Hooded Mergansers at the Pond

Add a touch of nature to the bathroom with this floral-themed bath mat!  

These hot pink Olympic Torch Lilies are guaranteed to brighten up any garden.

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

Hot Pink Olympic Torch Lilies Bath Mat

Enjoy "the fruits" of your labor with these colorful food jar stickers, which feature a medley of red, yellow, and orange bell peppers! Personalize the top and bottom of each sticker with description (name and/or food) and canning date. Give jars an extra special branded or personal touch, and let the user know at a glance exactly what they can look forward to. Great for those who like to pickle their bell peppers. Perfect for the foodie, gourmet, or gourmand!

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Colorful Tasty Red Orange Yellow Bell Peppers Rectangular Sticker

Hold the winning "wild" card with these nature-themed playing cards! The golfers on the fairway clearly didn't disturb this Eastern Cottontail Rabbit, who was busy munching away on the delicious and well-manicured greens. This one paused to mug for my camera, and then went right back to chewing on its verdant comestibles, unfazed by the attention. Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Cute Bunny Chewing Greens on the Golf Fairway Poker Cards

Celebrate nature with these sticky notes, which feature a diminutive but fearless king of Pacific Northwest backyards.

An overcast day is best for capturing the scintillating pink balaclava of the Anna's hummingbird, but that doesn't mean the subject will be any closer! This is the adult male who was given the ouster/bill/boot by a visiting female Rufous hummingbird a few weeks ago. He has since returned, and she is now the visitor. He's sitting on the old plum tree and giving the photographer the eyeball.

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

Stunning Anna's Hummingbird on Fruit Tree Post-it Notes

A very curious Holstein Friesian pauses to look at us from the Alaksen Wildlife Area as the rest of its herd (obviously responding to a cattle call of some sort) lumbers on without a backward glance. Not exactly what I expected to see while birding the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary in late May 2016, but Westham Island *is* full of farms!!

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

Holy Cow! It's a Holstein Friesian!

Marigolds aren't just eye candy; they've been used for culinary (teas, salads) and medicinal (anti-inflammatory) purposes for hundreds of years in European cultures. These beautiful, aromatic and showy blooms bloom all summer long into fall and even until the first frost. They are a natural mosquito repellent, and may also keep flower munchers like deer from the pride and joy in your garden. This variety, known as Durango Red Marigold, caught my eye with its bright red petals and yellow edges. Photographed in mid June 2016 at a local public gardens.

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

Elegant Floral Crested Shaga Japanese Iris Light Switch Cover

Elegant Floral Crested Shaga Japanese Iris Light Switch Cover

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