Add a touch of nature to the kitchen or dining room with this striking, wildlife-themed glass coaster, which features my first encounter with a Tropical Kingbird at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. An unusual visitor during Pacific Northwest autumn months, the Tropical Kingbird adds a cheery bit of color to the fall with its striking butter yellow belly. This dazzling creature was relaxing in the early afternoon sun while a host of wildlife photographers quietly captured it in all its glory. Moments later, this large tyrant flycatcher was swallowing a Blue Darner dragonfly that it had swiftly and successfully hunted! Photographed in late October 2023.

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

Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Glass Coaster

Add a touch of nature to the holidays with this wildlife-themed ornament, which features my first encounter with a Tropical Kingbird at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. An unusual visitor during Pacific Northwest autumn months, the Tropical Kingbird adds a cheery bit of color to the fall with its striking butter yellow belly. This dazzling creature was relaxing in the early afternoon sun while a host of wildlife photographers quietly captured it in all its glory. Moments later, this large tyrant flycatcher was swallowing a Blue Darner dragonfly that it had swiftly and successfully hunted! Photographed in late October 2023.

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Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Ornament

Add a touch of nature to your laptop or computer with this elegant, wildlife-themed mousepad, which features my first encounter with a Tropical Kingbird at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. An unusual visitor during Pacific Northwest autumn months, the Tropical Kingbird adds a cheery bit of color to the fall with its striking butter yellow belly. This dazzling creature was relaxing in the early afternoon sun while a host of wildlife photographers quietly captured it in all its glory. Moments later, this large tyrant flycatcher was swallowing a Blue Darner dragonfly that it had swiftly and successfully hunted! Photographed in late October 2023.

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

Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Mouse Pad

Add a touch of nature to the bedroom or living room with this wildlife-themed throw pillow, which features my first encounter with a Tropical Kingbird at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. An unusual visitor during Pacific Northwest autumn months, the Tropical Kingbird adds a cheery bit of color to the fall with its striking butter yellow belly. This dazzling creature was relaxing in the early afternoon sun while a host of wildlife photographers quietly captured it in all its glory. Moments later, this large tyrant flycatcher was swallowing a Blue Darner dragonfly that it had swiftly and successfully hunted! Photographed in late October 2023.

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

Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Throw Pillow

Show off your love of nature with this wildlife-themed tile, which features my first encounter with a Tropical Kingbird at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. An unusual visitor during Pacific Northwest autumn months, the Tropical Kingbird adds a cheery bit of color to the fall with its striking butter yellow belly. This dazzling creature was relaxing in the early afternoon sun while a host of wildlife photographers quietly captured it in all its glory. Moments later, this large tyrant flycatcher was swallowing a Blue Darner dragonfly that it had swiftly and successfully hunted! Photographed in late October 2023.

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

Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Ceramic Tile

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

An unusual visitor during Pacific Northwest autumn months, the Tropical Kingbird adds a cheery bit of color to the fall with its striking butter yellow belly. This dazzling creature was relaxing in the early afternoon sun while a host of wildlife photographers quiety captured it in all its glory. Moments later, this large tyrant flycatcher was swallowing a Blue Darner dragonfly that it had swiftly and successfully hunted! Photographed in late October 2023.

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

My first encounter with a Tropical Kingbird at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. An unusual visitor during Pacific Northwest autumn months, the Tropical Kingbird adds a cheery bit of color to the fall with its striking butter yellow belly. 

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

Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Mug

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

We had our first trio of Rufous hummingbirds arrive in the backyard in early April 2017. This adult male was uncharacteristically taken with the early-blooming flowering currant bush and the sextet of hummingbird feeders scattered throughout the area, and stayed for a week--a real treat, considering most of the adult males usually only stay a day, passing through to more northern climes (Alaska) for the breeding season. Getting a decent shot of him has been a cat-and-mouse game, however, and this pose of him on the cherry tree (with his flashing reddish gorget and rufous feathers) was only possible because my subject did not know that he was being photographed.

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Stunning Rufous Hummingbird on Cherry Branch Mug

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to your coffee, tea, or favourite hot drink with this wildlife-themed mug! The perfect gift idea for bird lovers! 

"Little Red" sitting next to lots of red: a handsome male House Finch poses next to some tasty hawthorn / mountain rose berries (a favorite with many year-round feathered residents) in the Boundary Bay Wildlife Management Area.

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House Finch with Hawthorn Berries Mug

Dutch Iris Purple Sensation Beer Stein

Dutch Iris Purple Sensation Mug

Community gardens are a wonderful place to see not just veggies and fruits, but a great variety of beautiful flowers. These beardless purple irises caught my eye at Richmond's Terra Nova Rural Park in late spring 2015.

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WWN Elegant Dutch Iris Purple Sensation

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

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!

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Funny Cute Saucy Columbian Ground Squirrel Mug

Add a touch of nature and personality to your coffee, tea, or favourite hot drink with this wildlife-themed mug! The perfect gift idea for bird lovers! 

An overcast day is best for capturing the scintillating pink balaclava of the Anna's hummingbird, but that doesn't mean the subject will be any closer! This is the adult male who was given the ouster/bill/boot by a visiting female Rufous hummingbird a few weeks ago. He has since returned, and she is now the visitor. He's sitting on the old plum tree and giving the photographer the eyeball.

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Stunning Anna's Hummingbird on Fruit Tree Mug

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

It takes two to tango and three to tangle! One lady is bracketed by two gents in another photo that shows why Wood Ducks are called Wood Ducks.  This fallen log actually held five Wood Ducks a few moments before -- but all were in various stages of preening, not all were looking at the camera, and every duck was on a different visual plane. Photographed in the afternoon winter sun at Piper Spit / Burnaby Lake.

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Trio of Wood Ducks on a Big Log Mug

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

A male Zebra Finch returns my gaze. These highly social birds and lovely singers are very comfortable around humans -- more than a few were inches from our faces (or feet, as they would share the same walking path) -- making it necessary to watch where we walked!

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Colorful Zebra Finch Songbird on the Rocks Mug

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

This is the first time I've been to Stanley Park in the autumn. On this chilly day, the waters were swimming with so much waterfowl, including American Wigeons, Black Oystercatchers, Surf Scoters, Hooded Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Harlequin Ducks, Double-Crested Cormorants, the odd Pied-Billed Grebe, and hundreds of Barrow's Goldeneyes. What surprised me was how comfortable (and perhaps, even curious) some of these seabirds were with the various human users (bikers, hikers, dogwalkers), of the Stanley Park Seawall. 

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Barrow's Goldeneye Ducks at Stanley Park Seawall Jigsaw Puzzle

Enjoy "the fruits" of your labor with these colorful food jar stickers, which feature a medley of red and yellow tomatoes and green tomatillos! Personalize the top and bottom of each sticker with description (name and/or food) and canning date. Give jars an extra special branded or personal touch, and let the user know at a glance exactly what they can look forward to. Great for those who make tomato chutney, sauce, and salsa. Perfect for the foodie, gourmet, or gourmand!

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Red Yellow Tomatoes and Green Tomatillos Rectangular Sticker

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

A top-down view of a bicolored striped sweat bee pollinating a strikingly colored, wild-growing blanketflower on a midsummer's day. Photographed in mid-August 2018 in Richmond, BC, Canada.

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Green Sweat Bee Pollinating Wild Blanketflower Jigsaw Puzzle

This pose is the cat's meow! This neighbourhood cat has been very neighbourly since summer 2014 ... visiting regularly for her dose of birdwatching, cuddles, and saucer of milk. Here she is, posing next to the camellia leaves on a wet and gloomy day.

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The Cat and the Camellia Classic Round Sticker

Add a touch of nature to your dining experience with this placemat, which features a stunning medley of primulas. These bicolor, early spring blooming beauties beckoned me with their dazzlingly vivid palettes of reds, pinks, purples, and yellows.

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Colorful Springtime Medley of Primulas Placemat

Bring a bit of nature with you, wherever you go, with this tote!

Even from a distance, this large Japanese maple tree draws attention to itself with a lovely profusion of crimson leaves. Photographed in early June 2017.

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Red Maple Leaves Tote Bag

Bring a bit of nature with you, wherever you go, with this wildlife-themed tote! 

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.

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Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Mug

Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Mug

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