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Add a touch of personality to refreshments with this festive, floral-themed can cooler. 

Poinsettias are most often associated with Christmas, and the speckled leaves of this particular variety -- known as Shimmer Surprise Poinsettia -- add a warm and celebratory touch to year-end holidays as a popular centerpiece.

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Festive Red White Floral Poinsettias Can Cooler

Add a touch of nature to Christmas and year-end festivities with this whimsical, wildlife-themed can cooler, which features a feathered trio of Snowy Owls, having what looks like a chuckle and chortle at the photographer! Reverse shows identical design.

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.

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

Funny Owl We Want for Christmas ... Snowy Owls Can Cooler

Keep an eye on your favorite drink and add a touch of personality to refreshments with this wildlife-themed can cooler. Great for birders and nature lovers!

My first encounter with this large and beautiful Central and South American native. Although never having met one before, somehow I knew that the bright yellow eyes, white eyebrows, and black patches around the eyes could only belong to the Spectacled Owl.

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Mesmerizing Golden Eyes of a Spectacled Owl Can Cooler

Add a touch of personality to refreshments with this wildlife-themed can cooler. A great gift idea for birders, bird lovers, and nature lovers!

A curious and vocal Marsh Wren darts out of the marsh, long enough for me to snap his photo. Like most wrens found in Metro Vancouver, Marsh Wrens are songbirds that you tend to hear more of than you actually see. Photographed on the shores of the manmade Surrey Lake Park.

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

A Beautiful Marsh Wren in--Where Else?--the Marsh Can Cooler

Celebrate furry whimsy, and raise a beer (or your favorite drink) with this adorable, dog-themed can cooler, which features perhaps the cutest of all Spitz dogs, the enthusiastic little package known as the Pomeranian.

Ella the Pomeranian was so happy to be the focus of attention that she forgot (for once) to run to the photographer, and instead cracked a smile for me. Photographed in late June 2018.

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

Cute Laughing Pomeranian Dog Can Cooler

Add a touch of personality to refreshments with this wildlife-themed can cooler. A great gift idea for birders and nature lovers!

One of a dozen of Harlequin Ducks I had the fortune of meeting at the beach, and my closest encounter with these diving sea ducks. Interestingly, all were adult males in near or full breeding plumage and showing off their slate grey, white, and rich cinnamon feathers, but there were no ladies of their own kind to impress. Photographed on the first full day of spring 2017.

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

Beautiful Harlequin Duck on the Rock Can Cooler

Keep an eye on your favorite drink and add a touch of personality to refreshments with this whimsical, wildlife-themed can cooler. Great for birders and nature lovers!

The Northern Saw Whet Owl is one of the smallest owls native to North America, and its diminutiveness, combined with those oversized black eyes, might make you think that it is, at first glance, a plush toy!

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Cute Northern Saw Whet Owl Can Cooler

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 Gel Mouse Pad

Use these wildlife-themed tiles to protect delicate surfaces, tables, and countertops from hot pots, or as accent pieces for the dining room or kitchen.

In mid-August 2016, I met my first Wilson's Phalaropes. This was one of two juveniles, wandering the ponds at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Ladner, British Columbia. Much smaller than Yellowlegs, these small but elegant shorebirds are typically seen at this time of the year, although never in large flocks. Breeding females are typically larger and more boldly colored than their male counterparts -- one of the few exceptions in the avian kingdom, where the males outshine the females in style and size.

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Juvenile Wilson's Phalarope Tile

Beautiful Chatty Mandarin Duck at the Pond Canvas Print

Beautiful Chatty Mandarin Duck at the Pond Classic Round Sticker

Beautiful Chatty Mandarin Duck at the Pond Postcard

Beautiful Chatty Mandarin Duck at the Pond Metal Lunch Box

Beautiful Chatty Mandarin Duck at the Pond 3 Ring Binder

A presumed hobby farm escapee, this adult male Mandarin Duck has been seen in the company of the Wood Ducks of Piper Spit. He has called Burnaby Lake home since he was first spotted in 2018. His stunning pastiche of ruffs, dazzling color palette, and "fins" make him such a dreamboat to photograph. Mother Nature left nothing to the artist's imagination when she made this creature! Photographed at Burnaby Lake in early March 2020.

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WWN Beautiful Chatty Mandarin Duck at the Pond

Breathtaking Ring-Billed Gull in Flight Wall Decal

Breathtaking Ring-Billed Gull in Flight Postcard

Breathtaking Ring-Billed Gull in Flight Gel Mouse Pad

Breathtaking Ring-Billed Gull Shorebird in Flight Drawstring Bag

Breathtaking Ring-Billed Gull in Flight Trivet

Doing a flyby over the local ferry causeway at very close range on an early and blustery afternoon was this adult Ring-Billed Gull. I found this photo, which captures the downstroke, to be even more dramatic than the upstroke. 

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WWN Breathtaking Ring-Billed Gull in Flight

Add a touch of nature to your golf game with this floral-themed club head cover!

Wax begonias are popular flowers and long-lasting summertime perennials. The gardener who planted these white, pink, and red varieties had a great eye for color and layout! Photographed in late August 2016 on the outskirts of the UBC Botanical Garden.

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Colorful Wax Begonias Golf Head Cover

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

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

Beautiful Buff-Breasted Sandpiper at the Beach Serving Tray

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to your walks and fitness regimes with this wildlife-themed hydration bottle! 

This little lady prefers blueberry blossom nectar over sugar water, giving this potted bush a thorough going over on a sunny spring afternoon and myself the opportunity to photograph a Rufous Hummingbird, nearly vertical with the tiny, bell-shaped white flowers she sips from. The backyard is just starting to come alive with birds after being relatively quiet for the past five weeks. Photographed in mid-May 2017. 

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

Rufous Hummingbird Sips Blueberry Blossom Nectar Stainless Steel Water Bottle

Add a touch of nature to the bedroom or living room with this floral-themed throw! 

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.

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

Festive Red White Floral Poinsettias Can Cooler

Festive Red White Floral Poinsettias Can Cooler

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Other can coolers from various stores