All the birding galleries. It’s birds all the way down, etc.
Sept 19 2026
Anna's Hummingbird pausing at a feeder.
Red-winged Blackbird nomming.
Glamour shot of a female Mallard.
Snoozy Mallard.
Male Mallard enjoying a snack? Making a fashion statement?
When the birds move out, the squirrels move in.
A Barred Owl snoozing slightly tucked out of view (we kept our distance).
Black-capped Chickadee clinging tenaciously to a tree trunk.
Black-capped Chickadee perched on the edge of a feeder.
A trio of Long-billed Dowitchers in the main pond at Reifel.
A pair of Great Yellowlegs sunning in the London Slough.
Greater Yellowlegs getting ready to dunk.
Our first American Coot sighting at Reifel. The Coot Empire returns.
Cranes through the haze, south of Reifel.
A Northern Flicker on an empty bird box.
A spider walking down its tightrope.
A praying mantis.
Praying mantis in portrait mode.
"Let us prey. I mean pray. Yes, pray. Heh heh."
Goose Peninsula. Also known as Terror Town.
A Northern Shoveller at Centennial Beach.
An immature Cedar Waxwing, looking more stripey than the adults.
Coquitlam River, set against a clear late summer sky.
White-crowned Sparrow in the community garden.
A grasshopper with a steampunk vibe.
But is it art? A black and white image of a Great Blue Heron standing vigil.
Kitsch owl at the community garden.
Another kitsch owl at the community garden. I post=processed the heck out of this shot.
A wasp checking out some late summer flowers.
I rotated this shot of a wasp 90 degrees so it faces head-on instead of to the right. Tilt your head to experience the original.
American Crow doing some serious molting.
Molting crow also blinking and looking like a molting zombie crow.
A sunflower in the sun.