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Add a touch of nature to your summer or casual attire with these wildlife-themed flip flops! 

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

Sunlit Profile of a Tree Swallow Songbird Kid's Flip Flops

Add a touch of nature to your summer or casual attire with these floral-themed flip flops! 

I couldn't find an angle I liked with this vivid two-tone Monsella tulip until I did a few macro shots of it, and the seeming randomness of the streaks of red running rampant through this bright yellow flower seemed to me like a chaotically natural expression of art.

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Elegant Floral Red and Gold Monsella Tulips Kid's Flip Flops

Add a touch of nature to your summer or casual attire with these wildlife-themed flip flops! 

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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A Twitchy-Nosed Columbian Ground Squirrel Kid's Flip Flops

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to your summer or casual attire with these wildlife-themed flip flops! 

Isn't she lovely? This female Rufous hummingbird poses calmly for my camera on the old plum tree in the backyard. With the very early arrival (and disappearance) of the males in March and April as they migrate to as far north as Alaska, we have had a veritable dearth of yardbirds. Her continued presence means that life will become much more "interesting" for the resident Anna's (particularly the males). Not coincidentally, we are also seeing more birds in the backyard now.

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

Cute Rufous Hummingbird on Plum Tree Branch Kid's Flip Flops

Add a touch of nature to your summer or casual attire with these floral-themed flip flops! 

One of the first tulips to blossom in the backyard in early spring is this gorgeous yellow-and-red streaked number. We don't plant tulip bulbs; these are courtesy of visiting birds, so it's a real surprise when it comes to the colors and varieties that pop up.

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Yellow-and-Red Streaked Tulips Flip Flops

Add a touch of nature to your summer or casual attire with these floral-themed flip flops! 

Asiatic lilies are a wonderful addition to any summer garden, and this red orange 'Gran Paradiso' cultivar bloomed just a bit earlier to fill the void left by the early blooming roses. Photographed in mid-June 2016.

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Red Orange Asiatic Lilies Gran Paradiso Flip Flops

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to your summer or casual attire with these wildlife-themed flip flops! 

Fall and winter bring great numbers of Dark-Eyed Juncos to Metro Vancouver--and these colorful sparrows are second in number only to the diminutive Bushtits for the most commonly seen songbirds in our yard during these times of the year. This lovely female was quite aware that the camera was trained on her, and made an extra effort to give me her best pose.

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Dark-Eyed Junco on a Limb Kid's Flip Flops

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to your summer or casual attire with these wildlife-themed flip flops! 

An adorable Black-Capped Chickadee looks longingly at the food presented in two different hands, and wonders if it should go for sunflower seeds from hand A or hand B. Decisions, decisions. 

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Cute Hopeful Black-Capped Chickadee Songbird Kid's Flip Flops

Add a touch of nature to the bathroom with this floral-themed bath mat!  

These hot pink Olympic Torch Lilies are guaranteed to brighten up any garden.

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Hot Pink Olympic Torch Lilies Bath Mat

Add a pop of color to the garden with Arizona Sun blanket flowers. These perennials brighten up even the dreariest places, are remarkably drought resistant, attract butterflies, and bloom from summer through fall. Photographed at the entrance to the UBC Botanical Gardens in July 2016.

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Arizona Sun Blanketflowers Postcard

The Red-Breasted Nuthatches who patronize the backyard are all business when it comes to procuring sunflower seeds (although they may linger on the suet feeder). They are even quicker to dash and dine (or dash and cache) than the Black-Capped Chickadees, so it is extremely rare to see the former even perched on a branch for any length of time.

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Red-Breasted Nuthatch Songbird on Branch Postcard

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

This male Tree Swallow appears to be quite taken with this particular nestbox ... that look says "mine, all mine." Photographed in late March 2016. These small bluebirds have shown up almost a month later than last year, and the initial flocks are much smaller, too. Also absent at this time are the greyer females, which at the same time last year were already here. Nevertheless, it's still a wonderful experience to see these little birds in action over the water and in the skies.

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Tree Swallow Songbird in Nestbox Tote Bag

Celebrate nature with these wildlife-themed sticky notes, which features one of North America's most striking birds of spring.

My second encounter with a male Mountain Bluebird. We are gifted, albeit very briefly, with the presence of these beautiful songbirds at the start of the spring season before they head to higher ground to breed. Those stunning cerulean colors stand out on a dreary landscape, even from a distance. When he wasn't busy diving for insects on the local beach, he was highpointing it on driftwood and stalks of dessicated tansy. Photographed at Boundary Bay Regional Park in early spring 2017.

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Beautiful Mountain Bluebird Post-it Notes

Stunning Anna's Hummingbird on Plum Tree Greeting

Stunning Anna's Hummingbird on Plum Tree Branch Drawstring Bag

Stunning Male Anna's Hummingbird in Plum Tree Beer Stein

Stunning Male Anna's Hummingbird on the Plum Tree Serving Tray

Stunning Male Anna's Hummingbird on the Plum Tree Classic Round Sticker

Add a touch of nature to the living room or bedroom with this wildlife-themed throw! The perfect gift idea for hummingbird lovers!

Our resident adult male Anna's hummingbird has never let me photograph him at close range, but on one evening in late May 2016, he came to sit on one of the old plum tree branches, just a few feet away from me. 

Perhaps, after seeing how comfortable the four visiting Rufous hummingbirds were around me, he probably figured that there wasn't anything scary about me -- and that I might even afford him some protection from the little hellraisers. So rather than being on the receiving end of his metallic scratchy or tick-tick-tick calls, he stared for a few moments into my lens, and then went to feed from the nectar feeder before making a much less frenzied exit than was his usual style.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

WWN Stunning Anna's Hummingbird on the Plum Tree

Add a touch of nature to your tumbler with this floral-themed design!

These purple Cineraria flowers provide a dazzling (and welcome) burst of color for early spring gardens. Although these African natives and members of the daily family are self-seeding perennials, I call them "Goldilocks flowers", because they require a very specific amount of rain, sunshine, and temperature to thrive.

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

Sunlit Profile of a Tree Swallow Songbird Kid's Flip Flops

Sunlit Profile of a Tree Swallow Songbird Kid's Flip Flops

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