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If ever there is a tomorrow when we're no longer together,
there is something you must always remember.
You are braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
But the most important thing is,
even if we're apart.... I'll always be with you.
You thought I was...pfffft...vanquished but I have...pffffft.... returned!!! And this time...jeez.... I'm more pfffffft...powerful than before! You will...pfffft...pay for your...sonofabi...insolence. I would have pecked your...pffffft...eyeballs out already, but I...arghhhh...need to pfffft, gawd...explain my....grrrrrrrr...elaborate plan to your ...pffffft...feeble mind first. Now will someone...pfffft...hand me a $%#&*-damn hairband?!?
Bwah-hah-hah-pfffft-hah!
Often one of the local eagles will fly up on the roof top of a building across from ours in the early morning hours and sit on one of the chimneys. It seems they are less disturbed high up there by the gulls and crows, whereas in the trees they get bombarded constantly.
Nesting Coal Tit.
Something very different from me, I don't normally do nature photography, however we have a pair of nesting Coal Tits in the garden so I thought I would try and grab a shot or two.
We had purchased a new red glass feeder earlier in the year and just recently the Hummingbirds started coming again to our balcony in our new location. Hard to get a good shot however as have to shoot against the light. This one was also very skittish. I cannot tell if it was a Rufus or an Annas due to being in shadow and had to take photo from inside.
Birds of a feather, we should stick together, I know
I said I'd never think I wasn't better alone
Can't change the weather, might not be forever
But if it's forever, it's even better...
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Walk softly and always wear a hat...
Sitting on opposite sides of this very tall tree, these two Crows were as divided from each other as the tree branches on this bare tree were. It just seemed a very strange division of this tree with these tall branches growing ever higher.
This Bald Eagle had been at the water's edged, then took off suddenly to go back to his nesting area.
A number of young white crowened sparrows were out in the grassy area of our park, rummaging to feed on some fresh clover. I think they probably were juvenile white capped sparrows.
I saw the Great Blue Heron fishing from quite a distance when I took this photo. He wa standing on an outcrop of rocks on a dusky sunset evening.
The tide was far out and the seagulls were all busy looking for lunch amongst the seaweed. This one caught a Starfish, as did a few other gulls. I believe this is a California Gull from it's markings around the head.
These ducks are beautiful and showy. They were feeding on some kelp on a rock in this area of the ocean water near the shoreline of Burrard Inlet.
Saw this cute one yesterday while sitting on a bench and just had time to snap a couple of shots as he flew away quickly.
This one is for you, dear Rita!
We have several nesting Bald Eagles in our park areas and they usually sit at the top of the evergreen trees. This one was staring out to sea and seemed rather fierce in his looks. I tried to do my best to whistle and attract his attention, he looked around but not down. I was able to get quite a few good photos this time.
Or would you prefer a side view? This cute sparrow was just sitting and posing in different ways for me as he watched me taking his photo with my camera. I believe this is a song sparrow.
This is from a pattern out of the American Patchwork and Quilting magazine. i used fabrics from Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy and Katie Jump Rope. Blogged at:
goneaussiequilting.blogspot.com/2009/10/birds-of-feather....
He says he is not following me, but what is he doing on top of this shrub then, still singing? Is it the same white crowned Sparrow? Actually they are just about anywhere and everywhere. Their lovely song is easy to recognize, right into early evening!
This photo appeared in an issue of 'BC Magazine', in either 2018 or 2019.
There he was, sitting on the fence near the blackberry shrubs, munching on a few. He heard me and turned around to face me. He is so adorable; probably a young sparrow; I could not get too close for fear of having him fly away.
The male of the species is quite different from the Female, but he has some beautiful colouring and I could see the green on his head and the red beak, with a lot of white and black on his wings and body.
I have tried to find this very cute bird's name but so far have com up empty handed. He was just everywhere foraging in dead leaves and later was joined by a second one. A Killdeer.
Dear Jeffrey, thanks so much for giving this bird a name. I did look it up in the "all about birds' guide but could not find it. Had I gone to the next page I would have seen it right away as it was given as an example of how to find birds.
are what Shadow is dreaming of...
The Maisie Dobbs series has been a wonderful escape during this election....
Walking along our seashore, I spotted a large number of Canada geese on the lawns. They seem to like this area in winter; whereas we rarely see them any other time.
ODC: 3/14/2018: Birds of a feather.
We have dozens of these little birds in our garden every morning.
I tried to get a good shot, as these were eagles if I remember correctly but hard to tell now as the fog was so thick and I was just lucky to get even this shot of the light in the sky and the flight of the birds.
This male Red Shafted Northern Flicker Woodpecker was on the roof of a local building and was making his mating calls, loud and clear. In this shot he seemed to try and stare me down because he saw me watching him.
I think this little bird is so glad because he can wish my dearest Friend and Team Mate Elis a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, today on July 28th, 2018!! Love, hugs & kisses to you, dear Elis. xoxox
This hummingbird flew onto the branch of this tall Evergreen tree which stood just ourside the local garden area. He could easily spot where he wanted to go for nectar in the garden of flowers from this vantage point.
I am not sure if this was an Anna's Hummingbird, maybe a female or just a Rufus. But one can see a reddish breast here.
This adult Canada Goose did not hesitate to eat out of our hands at our local pond. Whenever they see people coming close to them, they assume that it is to feed them.
The green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) (sometimes little green bee-eater) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. It is resident but prone to seasonal movements and is found widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and the Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia and Asia through India to Vietnam.
They are mainly insect eaters and they are found in grassland, thin scrub and forest often quite far from water. Several regional plumage variations are known and several subspecies have been named.
Source: Wikipedia
This man makes it a daily routine to have a bit of lunch at this particular picnic table in the park. The gulls come and he feeds them also.
As mentioned earlier, the recent warm weather brought out the ducks also. A Common Merganzer Pair were swimming close to the shore in very shallow water and I had a great vantage point to get some decent close up shots. Our temperatures in West Vancouver broke all temperature records yesterday at 23 Deg Celsius / 73.4 Fahrenheit and it was about the same today. Then we will go back to rain and less heat over the weekend.
The crows sure love to chase after the Bald Eagles, as depicted in this photo. I caught this shot only once as they all flew by very quickly so the background Crane seems to interfere with the eagle's flight, but he was definitely not caught on it; it is an illusion and just appears that way.
This Northern Flicker bird flew straight out of the tree far below me to perch beside me on this wall where I was standing, as if to say, OK lady get a good look!
The local eagle was flying overhead and showed a lot of red on his underside. Did he have his kill and dinner, or was it just the sun's reflection on his body. Not sure if this was a male or a female eagle.
I was able to look closely into this Magical Garden and saw these two cute birds on the feeder. They just looked so adorable. There was room for more than one bird but the tiny one seemed to want to use the same area of the feeder. He may have been a very young one.