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A pair of Bald Eagles one coming in for a landing on a tree and the other flapping its wings as a greeting. When I arrived the parking lot was empty, but 20 minutes later it was a gong show of illegally parked cars. The sun was breaking through the clouds, cameras where furiously clicking and the skies were filled with raptors in Boundary Bay Delta BC Canada
Ladner is a part of the City of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, and a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. It was created as a fishing village on the banks of the Fraser River.
Named for Thomas and William Ladner, who came to the area in 1868 and began large farming and fishing operations, it developed as a centre for these operations. A series of ferries, culminating in the Ladner Ferry, allowed for access across the river to Richmond. The George Massey Tunnel provided a permanent connection in 1959.History
Like many areas around the Fraser River on what is now Greater Vancouver the area on the south side of the south arm of the Fraser was named for the original Europeans to settle there. First called Ladner's Landing, the area was settled by Thomas Ellis Ladner (1837–1922) and William Henry Ladner (1826–1907).[1] They had travelled from their home in Cornwall, UK to pursue the gold rush in California and later on the Fraser River. Settling on the area of the Fraser River Delta either side of the Chilukthan Slough in 1868, both turned to farming and fishing.
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The retirement plan for this BC Ferry remains to be seen. Retired ferrys go up for sale and have gone as far as to Fiji.
Other retired ferries have been seen moored along various locations on the Fraser River (as seen here)
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British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., operating as BC Ferries (BCF), is a former provincial Crown corporation, now operating as an independently managed, publicly owned Canadian company. BC Ferries provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services for coastal and island communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Set up in 1960 to provide a similar service to that provided by the Black Ball Line and the Canadian Pacific Railway, which were affected by job action at the time, BC Ferries has become the largest passenger ferry line in North America, operating a fleet of 36 vessels with a total passenger and crew capacity of over 27,000, serving 47 locations on the B.C. coast.
As BC Ferries provides an essential link from mainland British Columbia to the various islands, and parts of the mainland without road access, on its routes, it is subsidized by the Government of British Columbia ($151 million in the 2011 fiscal year) and the Government of Canada ($27 million in the 2011 fiscal year).[3] The inland ferries operating on British Columbia's rivers and lakes are not run by BC Ferries. The responsibility for their provision rests with the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, which contracts operation to various private sector companies.
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One of many friendly greeters in the lower mainland.
An eagle in every tree , a heron in every ditch.
Great colour despite lack of sunshine.
According to Greek legend, this species is the king of the birds!
As the legend goes: the wren hid on the back of an eagle, and as the eagle soared and soared up and ever upwards, the wren flew high and ever higher, and thus became 'king of the birds'.
Twelve centimetres long: long, black-stripped, white-tipped tail, long white streak extend back from the eye, and long beautiful song.
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A one week old Sandhill Crane chick, known as a colt, gleefully flaps its wings at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Delta BC Canada
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My attempts at interesting shots of the event, largely through cropping!
Photo taken in early April, 2023.
After a long cold dry winter, the brownish grasses at the mouth of Fraser River started to show some green.
The Hooded Mergansers are one of my favourites to shoot. They have super crests that fan out, which looks like they just came from a hairdresser or barbershop. They have an extra eyelid which is transparent, which they use like a pair of goggles. Here are some that I came across today, at Reifel in Delta BC Canada.
An Eastern Gray Squirrel sitting on a fence post along the trail at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Delta BC Canada
A closeup of a very excited and shiny Wood Duck drake, raising the feathers of its head crest, at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
A healthy looking Spotted Towhee male on a tree branch at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Delta BC Canada
This Wood Duck drake was looking right at me at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Delta BC Canada
A sensational sunset departure from the Swartz Bay ferry terminal in North Saanich and weaving through the Gulf Islands enroute to BC Ferries terminal in Tsawwassen, BC. ~ Captured from the outer deck of the Coastal Renaissance 03-08-2015
A tree with its lower part of the trunk covered in bright green moss, accentuated its elegant leaning posture and contrasted nicely with all the other trees in the vicinity.
to be fed. At George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, bird feeding is allowed if feeds are purchased at the entrance. The birds at the Sanctuary are therefore not afraid of humans, instead they often take the initiative of approaching humans, and are "expected" to be fed.
The weather on that day was really bad, constant rain with hails at times. There was no place to seek shelter, some people took out their umbrellas and tried running for cover (even though the area was basically one open space with no large trees) and the ducks faced such weather in stride.
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This Tree Swallow lands on top of a bird house at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Delta BC Canada
The iridescent throat patch of male hummingbirds is called a gorget, and this Anna's Hummingbirds was showing off his near the entrance at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Delta BC Canada.
Highway 99. One lane northbound and three lanes southbound at the George Massey Tunnel this evening. Major traffic problems around the lower mainland this afternoon. I was stuck for 2 hours on Hwy 91 (East-West Connector) this afternoon because a couple of accidents on the Alex Fraser Bridge had shut it down. As a result, commuters took another route and the Tunnel was backed up for hours. Captured from Deas Island, BC ~ October 28, 2015
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