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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.

Last year, I was fortunate enough to encounter the female Yellow-Headed Blackbird at Manning Park. This year, I saw not one of these rare visitors to Metro Vancouver, but three adult male Yellow-Headed Blackbirds (and at least one female)--the former calling attention to themselves with their golden heads and breasts, less-than-melodious birdcalls, and frequent sparring matches with the more familiar Red-Winged Blackbird males in the marshes of Iona Island.

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Striking Yellow-Headed Blackbird in the Marsh Ceramic Tile

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.

As with many yellow summer birds on my watch list, I have been pursuing this beautiful warbler and prolific singer for quite some time. Two years ago, I heard his trademark witchety-witchety-witchety birdsong and have since gotten few and frequently shaded glimpses of his rakish black mask and bright yellow breast through local shrubs and bushes. This is the closest I have come to photographing him out in the open. 

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Beautiful Common Yellowthroat Warbler Songbird Tile

Use this food-themed tile to protect delicate surfaces, tables, and countertops from hot pots, or as accent pieces for the dining room, kitchen, or anywhere else in the home!

Our first (and only) attempt (so far) to grow these tart but tasty heirloom tomatoes. So named Green Zebra on account of its exotic and striking dark green stripes on its bright lime green flesh, a two-tone color palette that remains, even when ripe.

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Green Zebra Heirloom Tomatoes on the Vine Ceramic Tile

Show off your love of nature with this wildlife-themed tile, which features a honeybee at work.

One of many honeybees who were pollinating echinacea at one of the largest and oldest public gardens in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. I liked the way the spiny heart of these coneflowers, with their orange-red tips, was captured. Photographed in late August 2016.

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Be a "Bee"acon Beacon of Hope Bee on Echinacea Ceramic Tile

Use this elegant, wildlife-themed tile to protect delicate surfaces, tables, and countertops from hot pots, or as accent pieces for the dining room, kitchen, or anywhere else in the home!

This is the third sighting we have had of a Hermit Thrush, a lovely singer, in the yard in the past two years, but the only time we have spotted it on the front lawn -- this time, perfectly posed on the pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet Firethorn). The warm yellow you see in the backyard is the neighbor's weeping alder.

This chubby little number didn't seem the least bit fazed to be photographed. Taken from 20 feet away--this was my second attempt to photograph it in just a few minutes. So thrilled to see this bold little berry eater. Photographed on October 21, 2016.

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

Hermit Thrush Songbird on the Scarlet Firethorn Ceramic Tile

Use this elegant, wildlife-themed tile to protect delicate surfaces, tables, and countertops from hot pots, or as accent pieces for the dining room, kitchen, or anywhere else in the home!

An almost perfectly camouflaged female Great Horned Owl attempts to catch some shuteye in the neighbor's 100-foot Douglas Fir on a rainy fall day, only to be subjected to the verbal and physical harangues of nine Northwestern Crows. After three hours, they finally leave her alone to her beauty sleep. Photographed on November 13, 2016.

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Great Horned Owl in the Douglas Fir Ceramic Tile

Use this floral, wildlife-themed tile to protect delicate surfaces, tables, and countertops from hot pots, or as accent pieces for the dining room, kitchen, or anywhere else in the home!

The elegant, pitcher-like blossoms of the hardy calla lily are pure artistry, and symbolize beauty, strength, innocence, and renewal. Photographed in the summer of 2016.

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Elegant Gold and Crimson Calla Lilies Ceramic Tile

Use this elegant, floral-themed tile to protect delicate surfaces, tables, and countertops from hot pots, or as accent pieces for the dining room, kitchen, or anywhere else in the home!

Mid-summer is the time of the season for lilies, and these delightfully fragrant white Casablanca Oriental lilies amazed me with their large size, abundance, and delicate beauty. Photographed in early August 2017 at a private garden.

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Elegant Casablanca White Oriental Lilies Ceramic Tile

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, wildlife-themed puzzle, which features an inquisitive and strikingly-colored black-headed / yellow-backed weaver bird, giving the photographer a serious once over.

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Stunning Black-Headed Weaver Bird Jigsaw Puzzle

Add a touch of nature and wonder to your walls with this wildlife-themed decal! Perfect for bird lovers!

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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Cute Baby Tree Swallow Songbirds in Nestbox Wall Decal

Elegant Great Egret in the Reeds Button

Elegant Great Egret in the Reeds Classic Round Sticker

Elegant Great Egret Wading Bird in Reeds Clock

Elegant Great Egret in the Reeds Canvas Print

Elegant Great Egret Wading Bird in the Reeds Throw Pillow

Elegant Great Egret in the Reeds Coaster

Finding this Great Egret in the winter grass and reeds fronting a Langley farm on December 31, 2018, was a great way to wrap up the year. My subject was neither disturbed by the trio of photographers capturing its every move, nor by the traffic roaring down the 2-lane road, and in fact, ventured to with 15 feet of me to feed. 

Whatever caused this migratory heron (which is an ultra-rare bird in Canada) to spend its decidedly non-tropical vacation here instead of at its regular winter stomping grounds in Miami, Mexico, and Guatemala is a mystery -- but one that I am very grateful for.

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

WWN Elegant Great Egret in the Reeds

A number of these large butterflies were flying through the Boundary Bay Wildlife Management Area during our early evening visit, but this one was "kind" enough to grant us an impromptu studio session for a few minutes while it fluttered and fed from the local flora.

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Beautiful Anise Swallowtail Butterfly in the Sun Photo Print

On its way to raid the backyard suet feeder, a young, very curious Chestnut-Backed Chickadee pauses to stare at my lens from the grapevine. Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

So Cute, So Curious: A Chestnut-Backed Chickadee Magnet

Vignetted Profile of a Peregrine Falcon Wall Sticker

Vignetted Profile of a Peregrine Falcon Magnet

Vignetted Profile of a Peregrine Falcon Round Pillow

Vignetted Profile of a Peregrine Falcon Trivet

Vignetted Peregrine Falcon Bird of Prey Label

Vignetted Profile of a Peregrine Falcon Keychain

Add fun to family reunions, picnics, BBQs, and garden parties with this wildlife-themed cornhole game, which features eye-to-eye encounters with two of the most iconic and recognizable raptors from North America: a Peregrine Falcon and a Bald Eagle. Personalize with team names, or use as is.

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WWN Vignetted Profile of a Peregrine Falcon

Add a touch of nature to the bathroom with this whimsical, wildlife-themed towel set, which features a perched Tree Swallow. 

The search for the male Mountain Bluebird at the North Jetty of Iona Island proved futile, but this blue bird -- perched on a twig near the chain link fence along Ferguson Road by the inner ponds -- didn't disappoint. 

The Tree Swallows have indeed returned to Iona Island, but we saw far fewer now than in March 2015 at this same point in time -- and the females had already shown up, too. I observed maybe 20 in flight and just a few perched like this fellow, and not a female in sight.

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

Striking Yellow-Headed Blackbird in the Marsh Ceramic Tile

Striking Yellow-Headed Blackbird in the Marsh Ceramic Tile

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Other decorative tiles from various stores