by ajblake
on January 20, 2013
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Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola, Rallidae
Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nikon D5100, 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
January 13, 2013
As I mentioned in my previous posts my parents visited me this past weekend from Red Deer, AB. On Sunday we spent the afternoon in Stanley Park walking along the north shore of Lost Lagoon and the western seawall. Like Saturday, we had cold, clear and sunny weather and great close up views of waterfowl. The real highlight of the day was the great closeup view of the Virginia Rail shown above. I was really surprised to see a Virginia Rail out in the open near the busy trail given the generally secretive behaviour of rails. [click to continue…]
by ajblake
on January 20, 2013
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Mute Swan
Cygnus olor, Anserinae
Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nikon D5100, 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
January 13, 2013
This past Sunday, I took a walk with Sara and my visiting parents in Stanley Park by Lost Lagoon and the seawall. I’ll post full field notes soon. I got this shot of one of Lost Lagoon’s Swans engaged in a mating display. In this case two males were chasing and generally chasing away one female.
by ajblake
on January 14, 2013
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Male Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola, Anatidae
Burnaby Lake Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Nikon D5100, 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
January 12, 2013
This past Saturday I used my parents visiting as an excuse to finally go and explore Burnaby Lake Park. I am sorry to say the park is only a short walk from my home and it has taken me more than four months to actually walk there. The weather was cold but the birding was really good with 29 species seen or heard. [click to continue…]
by ajblake
on January 13, 2013
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Woodward’s Building
Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nikon D5100, 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6
January 12, 2013
My Parents came to visit me this weekend from Red Deer and My Uncle Jon took us a wonderful meandering adventure through downtown Vancouver. I took this photo at the redeveloped Woodward’s Building. You can see the old “W” from the original building in the foreground and the new high-rise in the background. You can see other photos from the day on Flickr
by ajblake
on January 6, 2013
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Foggy Sunrise
Cameron, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Nikon D5100, 35 mm f/1.8
December 30, 2012
I took this photo just after I woke up last Sunday. An especially dense bank of fog surrounded my apartment obscuring all but the closest landmarks. On a really good day I can see Mount Baker in Washington from my home office but this day I couldn’t see the Skytrain station 500 m from my home (look at this photo for comparison). I don’t usually catch the sunrise on Sunday mornings so I really lucked out blundering out of bed when I did.
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