Taken at George Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

These ducks are very shy and even getting this close was a challenge.

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Robins getting some of the last berries of the season.

The time is here for thousands of snow geese to forage the fields in the areas of Westham Island, Terra Nova and Steveston.
It is worth the trip to go witness the spectacular crowds of them close up and live with all the sounds and flights.

A never ending supply of elk can be found in and around Jasper.
.There are many beautiful lake surrounding Japser, and on each to to them it is assured you will encounter wildlife.

Jasper is the largest and most northerly Canadian rocky mountain national park, part of a spectacular World Heritage Site. Comprised of delicate and carefully protected ecosystems, Jasper’s scenery is none-the-less rugged and mountainous

Jasper National Park was established in 1907, with the Canadian Northern Railway beginning service to Jasper in 1912. The Jasper townsite was surveyed in 1913 by H. Matheson.[4] By 1931, Jasper was accessible by road from Edmonton, and in 1940 the scenic Icefields Parkway opened, connecting Banff and Jasper

The wood ducks are out in nice colours around Burnaby Lake now.
Sunny days brings out the highlights well.
A little history from wiki..
The Wood Duck or Carolina Duck (Aix sponsa) is a medium-sized perching duck. A typical adult is about 19 inches in length with an average wingspan of 29 inches. This is about three-quarters of the length of an adult Mallard. It shares its genus with the Asian Mandarin Duck.

The adult male has distinctive multi-colored iridescent plumage and red eyes. The female, less colorful, has a white eye-ring and a whitish throat. Both adults have crested heads. When swimming, wood ducks bob their head back and forth in a jerking motion, which makes them easy to spot.

Their breeding habitat is wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds in eastern North America, the west coast of the United States and western Mexico. They usually nest in cavities in trees close to water, although they will take advantage of nesting boxes in wetland locations if available. Their personality is shy and skittish.

A walk out to the beach provided a good opportunity to see many Killdeer, and Spotted Sandpipers.

The Killdeer will fly around in circles if they see you, then land and do the broken wing act, to try and distract any predator from the nest.

The Spotted Sandpipers are a little braver, and will let you get quite close if you do not make sudden movements.

They like being on stumps and sometimes in the branches of the small bushes.

The end of June and into July have provided some nice hot weather. After what many were calling “Junuary”because of cold and rain it is finally nice to be out with camera.

Birds are at a minimum, but there is a lot of the colourful insects, and hummingbirds.

The owlets at George Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary are now flying around from tree to tree, which makes for some tricky, but interesting photo ops.

All 3 are doing quite well, and it is nice to see they are growing and learning each day.

This sanctuary, although regulated, is true nature in the wild. There is an abundance of migratory birds,songbirds, and raptors that make any day worth the trek.

A yawn before a morning snooze.

This owl actually laid down on the branch to sleep, and it was at times appearing  ready to fall off.It was fine.

Have a visit to the gallery to see more, and larger sized images .

The weekend brought a good photo opportunity for some Cooper’s hawks doing what they do.

I was surprised when the day was seemingly coming up empty, so as usual I get ready to pack it in, when a few of these birds just flew in and stayed long enough for some very good shots.

While the female was eating her lunch, the male popped on top.

Totally unexpected!Soon there will be more little ones around for all to enjoy.

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