Ospreys

While having lunch at the Lighthouse Pub in Sechelt, we noticed what we thought were two bald eagles fishing in Porpoise Bay. The flight patterns of the birds appeared strange at first and we noticed that there was a lot more underbelly white on the pair.

It became apparent, as soon as they started to hover and dive, that these enormous birds were something other than eagles and we have discovered that they are a pair of Ospreys. We went back the following week and there they were again.

This is a web image, we'll take the camera and see what we can snap next time.


Where : Porpoise Bay, Sechelt
When : August 29th, 2009

Texture

Macro man again, beach wood, Plumper Cove, Keats Island, Gibsons.


Where : Plumper Cove, Gibsons
When : May, 2009

I have crabs

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside....Oh I do like to be besides the sea...

A trio of not so fresh crabs...


Where : Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast
When : May, 2009

Rock pools

Arriving from the other side of the creek we discovered a large number of rock pools, freshly filled with tidal life.


Where : Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast
When : May, 2009

Flora

Having a macro feature gives you a chance to photograph unknown plants up close...


Where : Gibsons
When : May, 2009

Stanley Park Pullers

A couple of shire horses, put to work on a cool May day in Stanley Park, Vancouver.


Where : Stanley Park, Vancouver
When : May, 2009

Garden Gnome

This was spotted down at Brooks Cove, a small (approximately four foot seven) garden gnome of the British variety, luckily I had my camera ready.


Where : Brooks Cove, Sunshine Coast
When : May, 2009

Two point

The two pointer decided to approach the house and patio door, until he spotted me of course.


Where : Creekside Crescent, Gibsons
When : July 20th, 2009

Two point, Three point

Terminology of the week, two point and three point bucks stopped by in our garden for a chomp on some shrubs. They seem to be ignoring the hosters this year though.


Where : Creekside Crescent, Gibsons
When : July 20th, 2009

The Ben

A very hot day, and both our cats appeared to have been dropped from a great height. Here is young Benjamin, watching me faff about taking pictures of him.

Dark Spectacled Woodhead

This strange thing was seen down on Marine drive yesterday, first sighting this year in that area, an indication that it may be spring at last.


Where : Marine Drive, Gibsons
When : 28th March, 2009

Bunfight

A real bunfight in the garden today, Flickers, Varied Thrushes, Steller's Jays, Dark eyed Junco's, Fox Sparrows and finches, all fighting for the food we put out, here are a couple of Jays that stood still long enough for a snapshot.


Where : Creekside Crescent
When : March 24th, 2009

North Shore

Always difficult to portray the North Shore mountains, no depth in the pictures, however, we have a good dusting of snow on them at the moment which gives more definition, this photo taken from North Road in Gibsons.


Where : North Shore Mountains, Howe Sound
When : March 21st, 2009

Adolescent Gull

Here, with almost full adult plumage is the usual coastal scavenger.


Where : Roberts Creek
When : 3rd March, 2009

Bald Eagle

There are quite a few mature pairs of bald eagles now, here again at Roberts Creek, an adult perched, waiting for lunch.


Where : Roberts Creek
When : 3rd March, 2009

Roberts Creek Heron

Early March, a real sense of spring in the air and here, a blue heron wades at the edge of the strait.


Where : Roberts Creek
When : 3rd March, 2009

Its a Hard Life

Bill, usual position, sleeps, eats, sleeps....


Where : The Cat Palace, Gibsons
When : 23rd February, 2009

Bookends

And of course, Shilo had an audience....

Bill and Ben, two captive house cats. Ben is the one on the left.


Where : Creekside Crescent
When : 20th February, 2009

Shilo

Next doors cat, Shilo, on our garage roof.

It seems that the previous owner of the house kept this window open, Shilo would get up on the roof from our steps at the back of the house and pay a visit.


Where : Creekside Crescent, Garage Roof
When : 20th February, 2009

The Cleaners

Every day now, we have what we call the "vacuum cleaners" strolling through our back yard, they erase any trace of wild bird seed from our various feeders.

Our cat, Ben alerted us to two intruders, here is one caught in the act.


Where : Creekside Crescent
When : 13th February, 2009

Northern Flicker

As the weather warmed slightly in January, we lost the snow and four or more Northern Flickers started competing for food in the garden. Here a male partakes at one of our feeders, bright red cheeks, whereas the females had no such markings.


Where : Creekside Crescent, Gibsons
When : January 19th, 2009

Varied Thrush

This is a varied Thrush, we had a pair of them, male and female, feeding in the back yard after quite a snowfall. In the following weeks we had about seven or eight of them, running around the yard, flipping leaves to find insects and partaking of our bird feeders.


Where : Creekside Crescent, Gibsons
When : 5th January, 2009