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Add a touch of nature and whimsy to the bathroom with this wildlife-themed bath mat!  

You can tell when it's springtime in Metro Vancouver, because the Canada Goose will be engaging in some spectacular chases and territorial tussles. This "spat at Piper Spit" was photographed at Burnaby Lake in spring 2015.

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Wild (Canada) Goose Chase Bath Mat

Add a touch of nature to the bathroom with this elegant, wildlife-themed bath mat! 

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 Bath Mat

Add a touch of nature to the bathroom with this wildlife-themed bath mat!  Sanderlings are tiny -- and surprisingly, quite approachable -- migratory shorebirds which 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.

Portrait of a Sanderling Bathroom Mat

Add a touch of the ocean to the bathroom with this nature-themed bath mat, which features a diverse vintage collection of tropical seashells found throughout Southeast Asia.

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Tropical Vintage Seashells of Southeast Asia Bath Mat

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

Looking like an oversize cockatiel with green and purple feathers and tri-coloured mascara, this elusive, exotic, and slightly wet African native in actually bathing in a waterfall with a small flock of Zebra Finches!

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Guinea Turaco at the Waterfall Bath Mat

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

The African Superb Starling is such a beautiful rainbow of colours. When it makes an entrance, it really makes an entrance; it's no shrinking violet. 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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A Stunning African Superb Starling Bath Mat

Add a touch of nature to the bathroom with this wildlife-themed bath mat that features a living silhouette of white emerging from the darkness!

I was privileged to see a Saker Falcon in the feathers a couple of years ago. This female was so well-mannered with the large (and often noisy) crowds in attendance, as a matter of fact, that her handler rarely needed to be present to tend to her feathered charge! Chosen for thousands of years as a popular falconry bird for its exceptional trainability, this large, pale Eurasian beauty is sadly--despite being endowed with great hunting prowess, power, and speed--an endangered hierofalcon species thanks to loss and destruction of its habitat. 

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Vignetted Portrait of an Inquisitive Saker Falcon Bathroom Mat

Add a touch of nature to the bathroom with this wildlife-themed bath mat!  Perfectly reflected in the tranquil waters of this pond is this Northern Pintail drake. They may be most commonly seen in West Coast winters, but I've encountered these ducks all year round at the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

Reflections of a Northern Pintail Duck Bath Mat

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.

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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

Wild (Canada) Goose Chase Bath Mat

Wild (Canada) Goose Chase Bath Mat

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Other bath mats & rugs from various stores