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

A Chestnut-backed Chickadee perched for a moment on a maple tree branch below my balcony. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #ChestnutBackedChickadee #Chickadee

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet paused briefly among the maple leaves. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #RubyCrownedKinglet #Autumn

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A Lincoln's Sparrow on a log in Canyon Creek on Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Sparrow #LincolnsSparrow

Here's a Pacific Wren in profile looking like one of those wind-up hopping bird toys. At Canyon Creek, Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #PacificWren

A female Bushtit on a rainy October morning. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Bushtit #Autumn

The waning gibbous moon was near the Pleiades star cluster Thursday evening. #Stargazing #Moon #ThePleiades #Astronomy #NightSky

A moment of tenderness as a female Wood Duck pecks the cheek of a male. At the pond in Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #WoodDucks #Ducks #kissing

It's as if a switch was flipped as the maple leaves seem to have suddenly taken on the reds and oranges of autumn with the start of the month. A Black-capped Chickadee in a maple tree At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Chickadee #BirdPhotography #Autumn

A Wood Duck on the wood rail of a wood deck. At Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #birdphotography #WoodDuck #duck

A Northern Flicker greets the dawn from the top of a tall cedar. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Bird #Birds #NorthernFlicker #Woodpecker

A Pacific Tree frog atop the cone of a wilted Black-eyed Susan. At Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver. #Frog #PacificTreeFrog #LastDayOfSummer

The waning crescent moon, Venus, and the star Regulus were very close together in the sky this morning. #Moon #CrescentMoon #Venus #Regulus #StarGazing #Astronomy

The waxing gibbous moon around quarter past eight this evening. #Moon #moonrise #moonglow

Combining bird watching and stargazing. Well, planetgazing really as that's Mercury. The bird is either a crow or a gull. Taken looking east from UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Mercury #Stargazing #Astronomy #Planets

A queue of planets! Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury were in a neatly spaced row at dawn this morning. Mercury is fairly faint, so if you can't see it, zoom in to the lower left. Also, I've labelled it and the other planets in the 2nd picture. #Planets #Dawn #Jupiter #Venus #Mercury #Stargazing

The waning crescent moon lit by sunshine and earthshine. The bright star to the right of the moon is Kappa Geminorum of the constellation Gemini. #Moon #CrescentMoon #Stargazing #Astronomy #Gemini

Early morning stargazing. The Moon, Venus, and Jupiter were near each other in the constellation Gemini this morning. Taken from UBC, Vancouver, BC, looking east. #Moon #Venus #Jupiter #Gemini #Astronomy #Stargazing

A Pacific Chorus Frog and a bee on a Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). At Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Frog #PacificChorusFrog #Bee #BlackEyedSusan #RudbeckiaHirta

Here's a Pacific Chorus Frog (aka Pacific Tree Frog) resting on the petals of a Black-eyed Susan. At Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Frog #PacificChorusFrog #PacificTreeFrog #flower #DarkeyedSusan

"Here is my impression of a dragonfly" A Wood Duck in the pond at Lelem Park flaps its wings after dunking itself. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #WoodDuck

The conjunction of Jupiter and Venus this morning, with the bonus of a passing satellite! Taken from UBC, Vancouver, BC, with a Nikon P1000. #Jupiter #Venus #StarGazing #planets #Astronomy

Jupiter and Venus are getting close together in the sky. Here they are Sunday morning before dawn among the stars of the constellation Gemini. Taken from UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Jupiter #Venus #stargazing #Gemini #Astronomy

Jupiter rising. I was filming Jupiter and its Galilean moons the other morning just before sunrise when a satellite passed by. Look to the left side of the video. I've added a sound cue so turn your sound on. Camera: Nikon P1000 #Jupiter #astronomy #satellite #GalileanMoons

A Red-breasted Nuthatch strikes a classic pose just before flying away. In the woods at Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #RedBreastedNuthatch

A Wood Duck mother and one of her ducklings lit by the late afternoon sun as they paddle across the pond At Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver. #Birds #WoodDuck #duckling

A perfectly posed Mallard doing yoga on a rock in the pond at Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver. #Birds #Mallard #Duck

The early bird may get the worm, but the late afternoon Robin gets two worms, a beetle, and at least two winged insects. At Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver. #Birds #Robin #EarlyBird #worms #AmericanRobin

"Number 36: The Wood Duckodile" A Wood Duck duckling does its best crocodile impression. In the pond at Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #WoodDuck #duckling #Crocodile #Humor

A Wood Duck duckling standing on a leaf in the middle of the pond. At Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver. #Birds #WoodDuck #duckling

A Chestnut-backed Chickadee atop a cherry tree at dawn. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Chickadee #ChestnutBackedChickadee

Kisses. Mama Wood Duck "kisses" her child and the child kisses her back. At the edge of the pond in Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #WoodDuck #Ducks #kisses #kiss #duckling

A pair of Goldfinches greet the dawn from atop a cherry tree. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Goldfinch #Goldfinches #dawn

A Bushtit atop a sign near the Planetarium in Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Bushtit (PS: When I went to add Alt text the button for Alt said OLD - anyone else have that appear when posting?)

A Wood Duck Duckling in the pond at Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #WoodDuck #duckling

A fledgling Barn Swallow among the rocks by the Jericho Sailing Centre, at Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #BarnSwallow #fledgling #BabyBird #Swallow

The waxing crescent moon and Venus this morning before sunrise. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #moon #venus #morningstar #CrescentMoon #StarGazing

A Red-breasted Nuthatch on a fence near the pond in Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #RedbreastedNuthatch

I'd not heard of #WaxwingWednesday until today, but it is appropriate as a flock of #CedarWaxwings were at Lelem Park today for the first time this spring. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Wildlife #CedarWaxwing

Mallards paddle past an odd looking 'turtle' in the pond at Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #turtle #bikehelmet

Momma Mallard getting her ducklings in a row. By the pond at Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC #Birds #Mallards #Ducks #ducklings

An Anna's Hummingbird framed by the rising half moon. At Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Hummingbird #AnnasHummingbird #moon #halfmoon

I was trying to get a picture of the Tree Swallow. I didn't see the Great Blue Heron until I got home. The camera saw the Heron and tried to focus on it. #Birds #TreeSwallow #GreatBlueHeron

Reflection of a Wood Duck borb. On a rock in the pond at Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver. #Birds #WoodDuck #borb

A Crow flew by with a golf ball in its beak. I think he'll find it's a tough nut to crack. At Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Crow #golf #golfball

Here's a Starling doing a hedgehog impression on Locarno Beach, in Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Starling

While I was strolling through the park one day In the merry, merry month of May I was taken by surprise By a pair of crows strolling the other way! At Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #birds #crows #crow

A pair of Mallard ducklings swimming in the pond at Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #Mallards #Ducks #MallardDucks #MallardDucklings #Ducklings