Lincoln’s Sparrow: A Secretive Songbird for (Almost) All Seasons

This gallery contains 3 photos. Spunky songbird? Check. Puffball with a peaked coif? Check. Capable of balancing a seed on the tip of its tongue? Check. The Lincoln’s Sparrow, which is widespread through most of North and Central America, is no shrinking violet.

Then and Now

NOTE: I was recently inspired by light.co to write a blog post that addressed how my photography and style had evolved alongside technological advancements in 

3 American Robins

This gallery contains 3 photos. The boldest of the thrushes of the Pacific Northwest, one of the most recognizable birds in North America, and one of the heralds of spring in the Northern

2 Northern Flickers

This gallery contains 4 photos.  Northern Flickers are the second largest woodpeckers in North America, but I have had much better luck approaching the much smaller Downies than these. Flickers–both Intergrade and 

(Un)Common Goldeneyes

This gallery contains 4 photos. I’d been hoping that this single lady–aptly named for her glowing ember orbs–would return to the new Centennial Beach pond–and she did! Her curiosity got the better of her, and this time she swam even

A Curious Bufflehead Drake

This gallery contains 2 photos. This is the famed Bufflehead drake sentry that calls Burnaby Lake home, and he takes his patrol duty very seriously — giving me a quick onceover as he swings by the floating dock. Buffleheads are

A Purple Finch and Her Berries

This gallery contains 2 photos. These berries are worth the risk! One of two female Purple Finches who ventured out to the outer walking trails of the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary to quietly nibble at these

Green-Winged Teals

This gallery contains 2 photos. A male Green-Winged Teal enjoys the calm waters of Piper Spit/Burnaby Lake. Only at Burnaby Lake can we see these diminutive dabbling ducks (the smallest in North America) literally

Oh, Those Wacky Surf Scoters

This gallery contains 2 photos. Yes, the ladies of this particular duck species really do like those thick, colourful bills on their boyfriends. Photographed at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway on March 3. As close as