A pair of Gulls apparently commenting on the passing scene below them like an avian version of the Muppets Statler & Waldorf. Taken in downtown Vancouver, BC, Canada #Birds #Gulls #NatureInTheCity

Here's a Ruby-crowned Kinglet looking at you looking at him. By the pond at Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #RubyCrownedKinglet #StaringContest #NaturePhotography

Here's a Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) perched in a tree at the far edge of the pond in Lelem Park. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #YellowRumpedWarbler #NaturePhotography

Spotted two male Northern Shovelers in the pond at Jericho Beach Park on Saturday morning. There was at least one female with them, but she paddled behind some reeds before I could get a picture. At Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Birds #NorthernShoveler #Ducks

In a change from my usual bird pictures, here is a California Tortoiseshell Butterfly I saw on my way to work this morning. At Vancouver, BC, Canada #Butterfly #CaliforniaTortoiseshellButterfly #NaturePhotography

For #SquirrelSaturday, here's a grey squirrel in a cherry tree on the west coast chowing down on a cherry blossom. #squirrel #CherryBlossoms #Spring2026 #SpringBlossoms

Mine! In a wild chase that went round and round the beach one Gull kept declaring that the tasty crab(?) in the mouth of another was theirs by right. At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Bird #Gull #NaturePhotography

Some fun for a Friday. A pigeon in an underground parking stall at Wesbrook Village. At UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Bird #Pigeon #CarPark

A Mallard standing on a rock in the pond at Lelem Park. At UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Birds #Mallard #Duck

A pair of Mallards in flight just off shore at Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Mallards #Ducks

A lone female Bufflehead was visiting the small pond at Lelem Park, which usually hosts about 15 - 20 Mallards and 6 Wood Ducks. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Bufflehead #Mallards #Ducks

The Ides of March have come! #IdesOfMarch #JuliusCaesar #Poetry #RomanCoins

Spotted a Tyrannosaurus Cloud stalking through the sky. What was it looking for? Tri-cirrus-tops. At Vancouver, BC, Canada. #CloudWatching #Clouds #Dinosaurs #TryannosaurusRex #Pareidolia

"Yo Mama . . ." This juvenile Bald Eagle was just sitting there minding its own business watching the tide roll in when this Crow sauntered up and started insulting its mother. At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC, #Birds #BaldEagle #Crow

"Not Him. Take a picture of ME!" I was about to take a picture of a male Wood Duck on the railing around the viewing deck at Lelem Pond when a female Wood Duck, also on the railing, photobombed my picture as she spread her wings and jumped to the deck. At UBC, Vancouver, BC #Birds #WoodDucks

A pair of Canada Geese have stationed themselves on the roof of the apartment across the street this morning. And every few minutes they start honking. A wake-up alarm you can't shut off. At UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada #Birds #CanadaGeese

I didn't see the lunar eclipse, but I did get a nice shot of a plane leaving a contrail across the sky from the moon to the big dipper on Monday evening. From UBC, Vancouver, BC, looking east. #Moon #FullMoon #BigDipper #contrail #NightSky

For #TwoSpeciesTuesday, a Barrow's Goldeneye and an American Wigeon swimming together At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #birds #BarrowsGoldeneye #AmericanWigeon #ducks #BirdsSeenin2026

A Crow flying over the newly risen moon. At UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Birds #Crow #Moon

A Song Sparrow debates whether or not to take a plunge. In a small tributary to Canyon Creek on Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #SongSparrow #

In hot pursuit! A Bald Eagle leads a seaplane. Over Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Birds #BaldEagle #Eagle #seaplane

Tuesday night's half moon in the late afternoon. #Moon #HalfMoon

A Bald Eagle and the half moon. At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada #Birds #BaldEagle #Moon #HalfMoon

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet among the reeds in the pond in Lelem Park. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #RubyCrownedKinglet #bulrushes

Here's a Dark-eyed Junco singing among the snow dusted branches during yesterday morning's brief snowfall. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #DarkEyedJunco #Snow #Singing

Here's an Anna's Hummingbird on a snow covered branch this morning. The snow was gone by the afternoon. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #AnnasHummingbird #Hummingbird #snow #NaturePhotography #Winter

A male and a female Barrow's Goldeneye swimming together. At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #BarrowsGoldeneye #ducks

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

While one Crow distracts the Bald Eagle, the other pulls his tail. (or perhaps steals his wallet) At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Crows #BaldEagle #NaturePhotography

Here's the line up for #WoodDuckWednesday. Wood Ducks on a frosted log by the pond in Lelem Park. At UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Birds #WoodDuck #Ducks #NaturePhotography

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet on a bulrush with his ruby crown just visible. At the pond in Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada #Birds #RubyCrownedKinglet #bulrushes #NaturePhotography

#ice #comedy #fuckice

A close encounter. I was taking a picture of Jupiter and three of its Galilean moons (the fourth, Ganymede was behind the planet), when a satellite photo-bombed it #Jupiter #GalileanMoons #Io #Europa #Calisto #satellite #Astronomy #NightSky

I was filming what I thought were 4 Common Goldeneyes. Turns out there were 2 Goldeneyes (a male [possible hybrid]& a female), a female Bufflehead, and a female Greater Scaup. At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Birds #Ducks #CommonGoldeneyes #Bufflehead #GreaterScaup

American Wigeons winging their way westward along Spanish Banks Beach. At Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Birds #Wigeons #AmericanWigeons #Ducks

An Anna's Hummingbird lifts off - NASA Style! At UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. The dialog that appears all too briefly on the screen: "We are at Launch minus 12 - Begin the countdown" "We have lift off! The Hummingbird has cleared the canopy" #Birds #AnnasHummingbird #Countdown #NASA

A stately procession of eleven Surf Scoters, with a White-winged Scoter acting the joker by going the other way. At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada. #Birds #SurfScoters #WhiteWingedScoter #ducks #DucksInARow

A Wood Duck crossing the pond at Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #WoodDuck #NaturePhotography

A pair of Varied Thrushes in Lelem Park, at UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #VariedThrush

A Bald Eagle eating a Skate it caught. By Canyon Creek on Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #BaldEagle

Surf Scoters and White-winged Scoters flying low over the water of Burrard inlet with the Point Atkinson Lighthouse in the background. At Vancouver, BC, Canada #Birds #ducks #SurfScoter #WhiteWingedScoter #NaturePhotography

Foxes and magical lights. At the VanDusen Gardens Festival of Lights, Vancouver, BC. #artAdventCalendar #christmaslights #foxes #photography

Apparently some Starlings have the ability to perch on invisible antennas. At UBC, Vancouver, BC #Birds #Starlings #BirdPhotography

"On the 5th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, five Goldfinches and a House Finch in a bare tree." At UBC, Vancouver. #Birds #Goldfinch #HouseFinch #12DaysOfChristmas

A "hummingborb" An Anna's Hummingbird perched on a branch of a cherry tree. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #HummingBird #AnnasHummingbird #borb

"Me and my shadow" A pair of Dark-eyed Juncos in a fir tree. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #DarkEyedJunco

A cloud wolf howls at the rising waning gibbous moon. At Vancouver, BC.

A pair of Starlings perched on antennas atop an apartment at UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Starlings

Happy Halloween! #Halloween #Halloween2025 #JackOLanterns #Pumpkins

I was walking along the street when I had the oddest feeling that something was watching me. I turned and in a bush I spotted a wee eldritch berry beastie winking and blinking! #HappyHalloween #weeeldritchberrybeastie #animation