Where: Sapperton Landing (New Westminster)
Weather: Cloudy, 12°C
With the possibility of showers, we opted to forgo the usual birding, but I decided to pop down to Sapperton Landing, which is not far from my place.
Sapperton Landing
It was quite blustery, but there didn’t seem to be any imminent threat of showers, so I strolled to the end of the trail (about 1 km) and back, using my kit lens to take scenery shots on the way in, and switching to my telephoto lens to take (any) bird shots on the way out.
As it happened, a single Great Blue Heron and Ring-billed Seagull cooperated, with a few others flying about or over the river. There were boats and weird logs, too.
The Shots
All photos shot with a Canon EOS R7 with 18–150 mm kit lens and 100–400 mm telephoto. Some landscape shots captured with a Samsung Galaxy S26.
The gallery only features two birds. Well, technically more if you look for them.
Also, the last two photos are heavily postprocessed.
The Birds (and other critters)
Sparrows and sparrow-adjacent:
- None! Or at least none I noticed.
Waterfowl and shorebirds:
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Great Blue Heron
- Some ducks (too far away to identify)
Common:
- American Crow
- A few Ring-billed Seagulls
Raptors:
- None!
Non-birds:
- A very old BC Ferry