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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 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

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

That the Surf Scoters of White Rock Pier are habituated to the presence of humans is a bit of an understatement. This handsome and tame drake and hen pair was one of hundreds of these large black seaducks who routinely passed under the boardwalk during a crisp but sunny morning visit in early November 2019, giving great bird's eye views of that colorful and comically oversized schnoz that the ladies of his kind have found so fascinating for so long.

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Male and Female Surf Scoter Ducks at the Pier Canvas Print

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

This female Anna's hummingbird adds a bit of colour and personality to the backyard on a rainy day. She is quiet and stealthy--and can often materialize without making a sound. Contrast this behaviour with that of the male, who makes himself heard well before I see him. Photographed perching on the Scarlet Trumpet vine after furtively having several long sips from the new nectar feeder--which has also drawn the attention and interest of at least one Black-Capped Chickadee, too.

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Anna's Hummingbird on the Scarlet Trumpetvine Canvas Print

Add a touch of tasty to your walls with this stunning, food-themed wrapped canvas, which features a homegrown (and oddball) medley of striped, green, purple, and yellow tomatoes on a weathered grey picnic table, is great for improving muscle memory. Pictured tomato cultivars include Green Zebra, Red Zebra, Indigo Rose, Brandywine, Black Prince, Midnight Snack cherry, and heirloom cherry.

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Colorful Striped Tomatoes on Weathered Table Canvas Print

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

It's a feeding frenzy at the sushi bar! A raft of Surf Scoters feeds on a veritable cornucopia of mussels and barnacles exposed on the pilings by low tide on a lightly overcast but calm autumn morning at White Rock Pier in early November 2021.

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Stunning Surf Scoter Seaducks Feeding at Low Tide Canvas Print

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

7 Killdeer were frequenting the mudflats near the pumphouse at Boundary Bay Regional Park / Centennial Beach after the first snowfall to truly blanket the region and turn normally flowing watercourses into frozen lakes of ice and snow. In my admittedly short 2 years of birding, I have never encountered Killdeer at this time of the year (winter is a week away), let alone under the current weather conditions. Photographed in mid-December 2016 during an unseasonably prolonged cold snap.

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Killdeer on the Icy Mudflats Canvas Print

Add a touch of nature to the home or office with this stunning, wildlife-themed wall hanging, which features my first encounter with an American Avocet at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. This elegant wading bird is rarely found in Canada's westernmost province, so to discover two adults spending a week there during the early stages of fall migration, enjoying the local amenities and completely at ease with the photographer in their midst, was a real treat. Photographed in early September 2022.

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Stunning American Avocet Wading Bird at the Beach Canvas Print

You'd never guess, from her playful and youthful manner, that Stella is actually 10 to 12 years older than she looks! This indoor sweetie is as likely to cuddle up to the laps of strangers as she is to those of her regular pair of humans, but she knows how to puts her paw down as far as dogs (especially big dogs) are concerned.

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Stella the Grey Cat Golf Towel

Add a touch of nature, warmth, and inspiration to any room with this wildlife-themed candle.

Quite fittingly, this Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly was feeding (upside down) on the blooming butterfly bush in the backyard. The clusters of these purple flowers attract other pollinators, including bees and hummingbirds. Photographed in mid-July 2017.

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Swallowtail Butterfly on the Butterfly Bush Pillar Candle

Male Wood Duck in the Woods Classic Round Sticker

Beautiful Male Wood Duck in the Woods Metal Ornament

Stunning Wood Duck in the Woods Label

Stunning Wood Duck in the Woods Postcard

Stunning Male Wood Duck in the Woods Face Mask

A male Wood Duck in all his breeding splendor poses for my lens. Wood Ducks are the most colorful all-year-round resident waterfowl one can find in Metro Vancouver, Canada, and they are equally at home in the water, on land, or in the trees -- being the only duck species in North America who can grasp logs and branches. Photographed in early February 2016. 

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WWN Winsome Wood Duck in the Woods

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

When Bushtits come calling, it's a sudden avalanche of cuteness in the backyard -- because these social songbirds often show up in flocks of 10-30, feed briefly (and co-operatively) on the suet or whatever else they fancy (calling to each other constantly as they do so), and leave as quickly as they came. Once in a while, though, they will stay for 15-30 minutes. I photographed this damp fellow--who was caught in the morning rain--taking a moment to pause on the laurel bush. Some of his fellow Bushtits were actually bathing on the laurel leaves, like hummingbirds do. Photographed in early July 2016.

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Cute Wet Wee Bushtit Songbird on Laurel Glass Coaster

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.

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Beautiful Durango Red Marigold Classic Round Sticker

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

A Black-Capped Chickadee enjoys plump red berries on a sunny autumn afternoon. Photographed in early October 2020.

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Black-Capped Chickadee Enjoying Autumn Berries Jigsaw Puzzle

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

About 100 Snow Geese were making use of Garry Point Park as a layover point on Easter Sunday. At one point, the flock broke into two, and one of these decided to exercise their wing muscles with brief but stunning aerial maneuvers at sunset -- a dramatic show of unison and grace.

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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