Nature Vancouver

We had unexpectedly good weather for our bird walk along the seawall at Stanley Park – which meant it was a high overcast with no wind and no rain. The ocean was unexpectedly smooth, and all the extra layers we brought for warmth didn’t end up being needed. It was a small group of 8 attendees. We started at Second Beach and walked past the pool, and immediately found our target birds: a Common Loon and a Horned Grebe, both…

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A dozen people showed up for a bird walk at Trout Lake to unexpectedly beautiful winter weather. We had an atmospheric river earlier in the week and another one the day after the walk, but that morning there was blue skies among the clouds. The attendees had a nice mix of expertise, from first-time birders to folks that had been birding for decades, and even some with lots of experience but who were new to Vancouver. We started at the…

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