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Image of this beautiful sunset was take from Spanish Banks beach in West Vancouver, BC.
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Image taken from YVR Airport in Richmond BC.
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Maiden Hair and other plants cling to shear cliff walls behind a protective netting at Othello Tunnels near Hope BC Canada.
Image of these gorgeous tulips was taken from the Abbotsford Tulip Festival in Abbotsford, BC.
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Large cement sections with poles, along the shoreline in North Vancouver, BC. Boats are tied along the dock in the background.
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"Itβs a bird, itβs a plastic plane, no itβs a moon snail (Neverita lewisii) egg casing, also known as a sand collar.
Moon snails are univalve gastropods in the family Naticidae which is composed of predatory marine snails and mollusks with globular shells that have a half moon shaped shell opening (aperture). They live just below the surface of the sand, 10 cm or deeper.
A moon snail using its foot as a plough
During the day, the moon snail spends its time buried in the sand to avoid predators, like clams. However, at night the snails hunt for other mollusks, like bivalves and snails; when they find prey, they envelope it with their foot, which can be too large to fit in the shell, to suffocate it thereby forcing the bivalve to open, making its tasty meat available to the hungry snail.
They also use the foot like a plough to cover their head when moving through the intertidal sand or mud flats; when their foot is being used like this, they can easily be confused for sea slugs. If suffocation does not work, then the snails will secrete a calcium based acid onto the preyβs shell to soften it. Once the shell is softened, the snail will use its radula (toothed tongue) to bore a beveled hole into the preyβs shell. So, if you find a shell, likely a clam shell, with a nice and perfect beveled several millimeter sized hole drilled in it, then it may have been from a moon snail! Oysters also drill holes into their prey, but the hole looks different." - friendsofibsp.org/latest-news/what-the-heck-are-those-moo...
Vancouver, BC Canada
SPRING has SPRUNG, which means it's Cherry Blossom Season in neighborhoods around Greater Vancouver!
There are approximately 43,000 cherry blossom trees in Metro Vancouver. On average, each tree blossoms for about 2 weeks long.
There are about 57 different varieties, each with a slightly different peak bloom.
Some species and the best time for viewing:
The Whitcomb variety usually starts first between March 8 and March 28.
Most early cultivars bloom first in mid to late March, such as the popular light pink Akebono.
The darker pink, Kanzan, blooms a couple weeks later in April.
The latest blooms of Shogetsu bloom between April 23 β May 6 and are rigid white petals.
Hastings-Sunrise is best known as the home of the Pacific National Exhibition, at Hastings Park. The area is mainly residential, with shops and services along Hastings Street's East Village and in pockets along other major streets. Hastings-Sunrise is an ethnically diverse and working-class area that also attracts young professionals. On its north slope, Hastings-Sunrise has impressive views across Burrard Inlet and the mountains, while to the east it borders the City of Burnaby, at Boundary Road.
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just got back from a nice little trip around the southern interior of british columbia. of course i had my camera...
the sun came out after a few days of rain
so my wife and I went down to one of our favourite secret beaches . out of the wind . we watched the ducks feeding in the bay and a kayaker battling the waves
and we drank herbal tea to keep us warm
a nice Saturday afternoon in January ..
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Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,
Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife
Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.
Hafiz
Image was taken from Jericho Beach in Vancouver, BC.
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Taken during blue hour from the Stanley Park Seawall.
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This bird hardly moved, sat on a small Japanese Maple tree just outside our back door and just sang his heart out, for at least a good half hour! Got many lovely shots, like this one.
Can nyone identify this bird, please ??
It seems it is a sparrow, an English or a House sparrow.
Image was taken from the Stanley Park Seawall in Vancouver, BC.
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