Give special items and keepsakes pride of place with this whimsical, wildlife-themed trinket tray. 

Those of you familiar with famous paintings will realize that this is a wildlife spoof of one which sold for quite the pretty penny in 2005. I couldn't resist the opportunity to photograph this out-of-water pair of Northern Pintails at the local wildlife habitat. They were so well behaved and photogenic, and their pose naturally mimicked the subjects of Grant Wood's American Gothic, that to not capture them this way would have been artistically negligent. :)

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Funny American / Northern Pintail Ducks Gothic Trinket Tray

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Rather than sleep the midday heat away, three frisky Madagascan lemurs indulge in a bit of monkey business on a hot summer afternoon. Big yellow eyes, small dots of pupils, and permanent mascara give these arboreal primates a perpetual look of surprise.

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Funny Surprised Lemurs of Madagascar Trinket Tray

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An attractive raptor with a heart-shaped facial disc, the Barn Owl is gifted with extraordinary hearing — it can even hear the heartbeats of everyone in a 30 square foot room — and silent flight, which lets it descend on and capture rats and mice with extreme stealth. As nocturnal creatures, these endowments are critical when hunting in (sometimes) complete darkness.

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A Serene and Beautiful Barn Owl Trinket Tray

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Sanderlings are tiny -- and surprisingly, quite approachable -- migratory shorebirds that can be easily found on Vancouver beaches in the coldest winter months. This one was strolling quite leisurely on the shoreline. Photographed on a very sunny and busy winter afternoon at Boundary Bay Regional Park.

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Cute Sanderling Sandpiper Strolls the Beach Trinket Tray

Give special items and keepsakes pride of place with this elegant, floral-themed trinket tray, which features a large Japanese maple tree with a lovely profusion of crimson leaves. Photographed in early June 2017. Customize with a name or surname.

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Elegant Japanese Red Maple Tree Leaves Trinket Tray

Give special items and keepsakes pride of place with this elegant, floral-themed trinket tray. 

Sometimes a mistake can be the path to a new technique. This Japanese Shaga, a small but ornate beardless iris also rather romantically known as the butterfly flower for its delicate, wing-like petals, 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 Crested Iris White Flowers Trinket Tray

Give special items and keepsakes pride of place with this elegant, wildlife-themed trinket tray. 

On a very memorable Boxing Day 2017, a dozen of these enchanting but highly reclusive songbirds were frequenting the trees and vocalizing near the Burnaby Lake Nature House at Piper Spit. Many were indulging in the generous winter feast of millet and sunflower seeds put out by some well-meaning birders. None seemed particularly concerned about the presence of photographers, and I daresay some of the subjects even worked the cameras with their pretty poses!

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Beautiful Varied Thrush on the Ground Trinket Tray

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This Eurasian Wigeon drake flew in with three American Wigeon drakes, literally crashing the party when I was photographing the Hooded Mergansers. Plenty of surprise appearances today. Eurasian Wigeons are infrequent visitors to North America shores. This is my second encounter with the male of the former species.

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Handsome Stranger Eurasian Wigeon Duck at the Pond Trinket Tray

Elegant Mute Swan Waterbird on the Lake  Square Wall Clock

A Beautiful Mute Swan Approaches Shower Curtain

Elegant Mute Swan Waterbird on the Lake  3 Ring Binder

A Curious Mute Swan Approaches Photo Print

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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WWN Elegant Mute Swan Glides on the Lake

Add a touch of nature to the bathroom with this elegant wildlife-themed towel set.

Two of an unexpectedly large flock of 30 Buffleheads, who were swimming in a local pond at Ambleside Park in early December 2016. These seaducks were uncharacteristically bold, and venturing as far to land as a few feet away from the water's edge. More than a handful looked like they were expectantly waiting handouts of birdseed from the watching birders and photographers, and yet, when none was forthcoming, resumed their activities of swimming, preening, or diving for food.

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Cute Bufflehead Ducks Lovebirds at Winter Pond Bath Towel Set

This regal Eastern Kingbird was having a 4-minute personal grooming session at the top of this bush, completely unconcerned about the paparazzi below. This gorgeous flycatcher is a welcome and bold summer visitor to the Pacific Northwest. 

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Avian Royalty: Eastern Kingbird Classic Round Sticker

Add a touch of nature to your bathroom with this floral-themed shower curtain!

These oxeye daisies (also known by their other aliases of "moon daisies", and "dog daisies") were photographed on a cloudy day that gave way to lots of sunshine at the UBC Botanical Gardens in mid-June 2016.

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A Field of Oxeye Daisies Shower Curtain

Cute Chillin' Mallard Mom Duck & Baby Duckling

Cute Chillin' Mallard Mom Duck & Baby Duckling Notebook

Cute Chillin' Mallard Mom Duck & Baby Duckling Photo Print

Mallard Mom with Duckling Onboard

Cute Chillin' Mallard Mom Duck & Baby Duckling Jigsaw Puzzle

Cute Chillin' Mallard Mom Duck & Baby Duckling Tote Bag

My first-of-year-Mallard-mom-with-baby-on-her-back (one of eight) sighting at the local pond today. Both are sitting in a little grassy area just off the water. These ducklings couldn't be more than a few days old, and already they were swimming and floating like little corks under the watchful eye of Mother Mallard (who was anything but a Mother Hen).

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WWN Cute Chillin' Mallard Mom & Baby

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

They're not juniper berries, but this bird--which is rarely seen here in the Metro Vancouver area--clearly isn't finicky when it comes to winter fruits. This Townsend's Solitaire (another bird for my life list) materialized on our front lawn pyracantha bush on December 9, 2015, but it required two more visits more a week later to finally get proof of this handsome thrush.

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Townsend's Solitaire Songbird on Pyracantha Throw Pillow

Cute Pair of Sanderlings Sandpipers Shares a Meal

Cute Pair of Sanderlings Sandpipers Shares a Meal Photo Print

Cute Pair of Sanderlings Sandpipers Shares Lumbar Pillow

A rare moment of co-operation and tenderness between Sanderlings (who are more likely to go solo or chase each other during their hunts) in their search for snacks on the shore. 

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Funny American / Northern Pintail Ducks Gothic Trinket Tray

Funny American / Northern Pintail Ducks Gothic Trinket Tray

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