Barn Owls

This gallery contains 5 photos. For nature lovers, the sight of a Barn Owl evokes adjectives of cute, gentle, and serene. When you have big black orbs of eyes in a

Sanderlings Redux!

This gallery contains 5 photos. If Pixar’s amazing 2016 animated short film, Piper, has got you jonesing for a fix of small, cute sandpipers, then you’ve come to the right post and

Purple Finches

This gallery contains 2 photos. Unlike their lookalike cousins–the resident and seemingly ubiquitous House Finches–Purple Finches are

Varied Thrushes

This gallery contains 2 photos. A bright flash of orange and grey pops out–usually at the base of an evergreen tree or thicket, to flip over leaf litter with a foot

Dark-Eyed Juncos

This gallery contains 3 photos. In addition to the bone-chilling Polar Vortex that began in the last two weeks of December 2016 (and continued on and off for the next

Virginia Rails!

This gallery contains 4 photos. After Environment Canada issued a milder-than-usual winter forecast for Metro Vancouver in the Fall of 2016, we were subjected to the Polar Vortex

Brant Geese

This gallery contains 3 photos. While considered a fairly cosmopolitan species, these dainty geese are usually sighted in Metro Vancouver in small flocks during the colder

Spirit Ducks

This gallery contains 5 photos. Buffleheads, also known as spirit ducks, are some of the most popular and strikingly-colored ducks to grace Metro Vancouver shores during winter.

Great Horned Owl

This gallery contains 4 photos. On a rainy and overcast November 13, our backyard was graced with the presence of a sleepy female Great Horned Owl. I have heard owls in the night, but