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This handsome fellow actually made a beeline to the wharf from which I was photographing a trio of Double-Crested Cormorants ... apparently all these avian "marina users" are quite comfortable around humans. Although they are the Queen's birds, Mute Swans are considered an invasive species in North America on account of their natural behaviours, which upset the native ecosystem, and efforts have been made to keep their numbers down. However, my subject, is just one of fewer than 300 wild Mute Swans who inhabit British Columbian waters.

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Elegant Mute Swan Waterbird on the Lake Canvas Print

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

With a freshly caught vole clutched in its furry feet, a Short-Eared Owl surveys its hunting grounds for opportunistic Northern Harriers who would not hesitate to take advantage of the fruit of its hunting prowess. Sudden gusts of wind fluff this hunter's head feathers, revealing the short ear tufts for which this owl is named. Photographed on a late afternoon in late November 2017.

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Short-Eared Owl with Vole Canvas Print

Add a touch of nature to any room with this floral-themed wall hanging. 

Available in a delightful range of colors, calla lilies have long intrigued me with their elegant, pitcher-like flowers. These hardy South African natives have found a strong fan following in North American gardens as ornamental plants.

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Elegant Purple Calla Lilies Canvas Print

Add a touch of nature with this wildlife-themed wall hanging. The perfect choice for bird lovers! 

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

Add a touch of nature to the home or office with this "touching" wildlife-themed wall hanging. 

These two Wood Ducks could not possibly be any closer! Intimacy with your significant other means never having to be embarrassed just because a camera lens happens to be angled your way.

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Beautiful Touching Moment Between Wood Ducks Canvas Print

Add a touch of nature to any room with this wildlife-themed wall hanging.  This male Downy Woodpecker announced himself quite vocally with a trademark chip-chip-chip repertoire just before making an appearance on this dead tree. He proceeded to peck away at his perch, oblivious of the solitary camera lens trained on him and the many walkers on the trail.

Profile of a Male Downy Woodpecker Canvas Print

Add a touch of nature and elegance to the home or office with this floral-themed wall hanging! 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.

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Elegant Japanese Miniature Crested Iris on Black Canvas Print

Add a touch of nature to the living room with this wildlife-themed lampshade cover.  

A young sub-adult male Anna's hummingbird was taking five in the scarlet firethorn next to its pommes on an unseasonably prolonged cold snap. Unlike most other birds who frequent this bush in the fall and winter, he didn't seem to mind that I wrestled the window open (however softly I did it), and took a few shots of him next to the bunch of berries that's almost as big as he is. Photographed in mid-December 2016.

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Anna's Hummingbird Poses with the Pyracantha Pendant Lamp

Springtime is a time of green ... and blues and other beautiful hues! Nothing sets the honeybees abuzz like the huge California Lilac that's blooming with hundreds of bluish-purple clusters on the front lawn not once, but twice in a year. In fact, this bush resembles a giant purple beehive from late spring through early summer. Photographed in the spring of 2016.

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Save the Honeybees Pollinating California Lilac Magnet

Add a touch of nature and personality to your coffee, tea, or favourite hot drink with this floral-themed mug!

These royal blue Cineraria flowers provide a dazzling (and welcome) burst of color for early spring gardens. Although these African natives and members of the daisy family are self-seeding perennials, I call them "Goldilocks flowers", because they require a very specific amount of rain, sunshine, and temperature to thrive.

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Beautiful Royal Blue Cineraria Flowers Mug

Add an even more festive touch to year-end holidays and make Christmas-themed pjs, bedroom decor, bags, and so much more with this fabric that features Shimmer Surprise Poinsettias! 

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Festive Red White Floral Poinsettias Fabric

Cute Canada Jay / Grey Jay / Whiskeyjack Jigsaw Puzzle

Cute Canada Gray / Grey Jay / Whiskeyjack Golf Head Cover

Profile of a Cute Grey Jay / Whiskeyjack Hip Flask

Cute Grey Jay Whiskeyjack Songbird Metal Ornament

Profile of a Cute Grey Jay / Whiskeyjack Pillar Candle

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 of Canada's official national birds at Manning Park's Lightning Lake, where they would boldly descend on picnic tables in the hopes of free handouts.

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WWN Saucy Grey Jay in the Fir

Add a touch of nature to any room in the home or office with this floral-themed wall hanging! 

Looking very much like sunflowers--no surprise, since they belong to the same family--Rudbeckias are some of my favourite summertime flowers, especially when they bloom en masse.

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Rudbeckias / A Bed of Black-Eyed Susans Canvas Print

Add a touch of nature and festive to your favorite drink with this floral-themed tall latte mug, which features red and white lobster plants, softly feathered onto a white background. Poinsettias are most often associated with Christmas, and, surrounded here by cream coloured Yellow Snow poinsettias, the speckled leaves of this particular variety -- known as Shimmer Surprise Poinsettia -- add an even more festive touch to year-end holidays and entertaining as a popular centerpiece.

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Festive Red White Floral Poinsettias Latte Mug

Add a touch of whimsy to the kitchen with this fruit-themed hand towel!

Yes, Virginia, yellow tomatoes do exist, blemishes and all ... and they have green freckles, too, if you look closely. Some of the delicious bounty to grace our lunch and dinner plates this summer. I have never seen non-red tomatoes as big as beefsteak tomatoes before.

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Elegant Mute Swan Waterbird on the Lake Canvas Print

Elegant Mute Swan Waterbird on the Lake Canvas Print

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Other canvas art & prints from various stores