Where: Sapperton Landing, New Westminster Weather: Partly sunny, 17C
The Outing
With the weather being perfectly spring-like, I stretched my legs and spent an hour or so strolling along the path at Sapperton Landing, taking in the scenery along the Fraser River, and shooting what birds I could see.
I spotted a heron early on, which was nice, then realized there were at least four others with it. It was a heronfest, a bounty of herons, a heroncopia.
I actually got several decent shots of robins–score! And a terrifying shot of a crow cawing directly at my camera. And speaking of creepy, I shot a passing boat and when I zoomed in later a guy in the boat appeared to be staring back at me with a “I’ll git you!” look on his face.
Surprisingly, I saw a pair of gadwalls in the river, still not interested in migrating north, apparently.
In all, it was a fine little outing.
The Shots
The Birds (and other critters)
Sparrows and sparrow-adjacent:
- American robin
- Song sparrow
Waterfowl:
- Canada goose
- Cormorant
- Gadwall
- Great Blue Heron
- Mallard
Common:
- Crow
Non-birds:
- A few well-behaved dogs
- A spider
