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

Despite the many pots of butterfly bushes we have growing in the backyard, butterflies like this Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly who stop to drink their nectar are still a rare occurrence (we even have a butterfly motel!) It is even more unusual when they decide to get some sun elsewhere, as was the case with the laurel bush. I had one shot before the butterfly flew off elsewhere.

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Swallowtail Butterfly on the Laurel Bush Jigsaw Puzzle

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

My first encounter with an American Avocet at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. This elegant wading bird is rarely found in Canada's westernmost province, so to discover two adults spending a week there during the early stages of fall migration, enjoying the local amenities and completely at ease with the photographer in their midst, was a real treat. Photographed in early September 2022.

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Stunning American Avocet Wading Bird at the Beach Jigsaw Puzzle

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

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.

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Beautiful Purple Cineraria Flowers Jigsaw Puzzle

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

As a fan of both Shakespeare and shorebirds, this scene might be alternatively captioned "Baird(s) on the Beach." My meeting them in such close quarters was an unexpected pleasure; a small contingent of these tiny migrants was completely at ease with the photographer in their midst, and continued to feed nonchalantly on aquatic bugs or park themselves on top of the mounds of seaweed nearby. Photographed over the Labour Day 2018 long weekend.

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Baird's Sandpiper on the Beach Jigsaw Puzzle

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

Coyly flashing the photographer an enigmatic Mona Lisa smile while looking the supreme picture of calm and serenity, this Peking Duck (one of three escapees) preens its snow white feathers leisurely on the waters of a very busy Burnaby Lake/Piper Spit in late January 2019.

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Peking Duck Smiling a Mona Lisa Smile in the Sun Jigsaw Puzzle

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

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 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 Jigsaw Puzzle

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

Such a pretty pest! I spotted this bright orange beetle on the yet-to-flower Lady's Mantle. Two more of its cohorts were also hanging around in the same vicinity. Hope they leave the asparagus plants alone! :)

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Spotted Asparagus Beetle on Leaf Jigsaw Puzzle

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

One can't help but notice Blue and Gold Macaws. There's nothing dull about the plumage or the personality of this extremely sociable and long-lived parrot. Definitely a bird who knows how to drum up an audience on a moment's notice!

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Beautiful Blue and Gold Macaw Jigsaw Puzzle

An itch to go outside and bird on a sunny if moderately windy afternoon in late July 2016 led me to this solitary Black-Bellied Plover on the shores of Boundary Bay Regional Park in Tsawwassen, British Columbia. My subject, sporting worn breeding plumage, was keeping company with a solitary gull. Neither was the least spooked by my presence. Almost as if both were expecting me. Sometimes it really is a matter of asking why not.

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Black-Bellied Plover on the Shore Photo Print

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. This is the closest I've gotten to one particularly curious Barrow's Goldeneye.

Profile of a Barrow's Goldeneye Magnet

The lone representative of its species (a recently recognized and separate species of the black geese family), a Cackling Goose (once considered a Canada Goose subspecies), plies the waters of an inner pond at Jericho Park on a sunny and surprisingly warm-for-winter afternoon. A much shorter bill and smaller body size set this goose apart from its larger Canada Goose cousin.

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Profile of a Cackling Goose Classic Round Sticker

Cute Bufflehead Duck on Sunlit Waters Round Pillow

Cute Colorful Bufflehead Duck on Winter Pond Face Mask

Cute Bufflehead Duck on Sunlit Waters Gel Mouse Pad

Cute Bufflehead Duck on Sunlit Waters Trivet

Cute Bufflehead Duck on Sunlit Waters Pillar Candle

This stunning wildlife design features an adult female Bufflehead duck (with the hint of a smile on her face), plying sunlit winter waters at the local wildlife refuge.

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WWN Bufflehead Duck on Sunlit Waters

Make pjs, bedroom decor, bags, and so much more with this floral-themed fabric, which features purple irises.

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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Elegant Dutch Iris Purple Sensation Fabric

Add a touch of whimsy and nature to the kitchen with this wildlife-themed kitchen towel!

This male Pekin Robin decided to satisfy his curiosity of the approaching humans, and flew into a large tropical tree to observe us from under the large leafy cover. Our initial encounter was all too brief and disappointing, but this second meeting yielded the opportunity to study this wonderfully dressed and beautiful singer in much greater detail and length. Our subject must have noticed this, as he was unusually still and not hopping from branch to branch!

An Indian subcontinent native, this Old World babbler is so popular that many other countries want to claim it for their own, and so, it goes by other aliases, including Pekin Robin, Pekin nightingale, Japanese hill robin, and Japanese nightingale. 

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Colorful Leiothrix / Pekin Robin Songbird Kitchen Towel

Stunning Colorful African Superb Starling on Rocks Face Mask

Stunning African Superb Starling Songbird Metal Ornament

African Superb Starling Songbird Postcard

A Stunning African Superb Starling Songbird Classic Round Sticker

The African Superb Starling is such a beautiful rainbow of colours that it is a conversation stopper (and starter) wherever it chooses to make its entrance. Rare, though, is the moment when it stays still long enough to get a photo of it, but got it I did, as it waited for its turn to bathe in the waterfall.

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Swallowtail Butterfly on the Laurel Bush Jigsaw Puzzle

Swallowtail Butterfly on the Laurel Bush Jigsaw Puzzle

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