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A Song Sparrow in a mostly bare bush, head tilted quizzically. Red foliage in the background.

7 November 2024

Song Sparrow in red

November 5: I was drawn to a particular bit of the seawall at one end by this guy’s insistent loud cheeping. Finally it deigned to show itself and nom on a few of these little orange berries. Its head feathers were all floofed up which told me it was super excited — maybe it was […]

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A Song Sparrow in a mostly bare bush. It is munching on a little round orange fruit. Red foliage in the background.
A Song Sparrow in a mostly bare bush, head turned to one side. It is munching on a little round orange fruit. Red foliage in the background.
A Song Sparrow in a mostly bare bush, head turned to one side. The shadow of a twig is falling right on its eye. Red foliage in the background.
A Song Sparrow in a mostly bare bush, head tilted quizzically. Red foliage in the background.
A Semipalmated Plover -- a small shorebird with brown wings and back, white chest, and a sharp black neck band -- is standing on a muddy shore surrounded by green gunk and debris
A wide-angle shot of Burnaby Lake, a shallow lake surrounded by reeds and trees. In the distance is a cluster of towers The sky is a bit cloudy
A male Wood Duck is standing in shallow water, looking disheveled in the wind
An American Coot is swimming along in shallow water. We see one of its freaky feet underwater
A Savannah Sparrow in a tree
A Reifel pond: still shallow water surrounded by green, under a solid blue sky
Two very young Canada Goslings are relaxing on the grass together
A Tree Swallow is sitting on a wooden post, head tilted. It is very shiny. The background is out-of-focus greyish water