Don't even have time to read blogs these days (with the occasional exception of RP's), let alone to write one.  Plus, I don't exactly have a theme!  It's sort of Port Moody wildlife, especially osprey, I guess, though it's so far mainly other-people's-pics.


Let's see if I can get a short clip, with sound, of the osprey and possibly the sound of chicks, though I don't know whether any are in there...


Okay, that didn't work.  Howzabout this?: Osprey

Merganser with the stairs to the other pier reflected in the water.

Seal breakfast time.  They're a little hard to see, but those are (probably) the fish released from the Noon's Creek hatchery early in May.




















In the garden

Lest you get the wrong impression of just how wild and/or bucolic Port Moody is, above is the view from our bedroom window, and below the view from our driveway.

Osprey in Port Moody

Okay, I don't know what I'm doing, but there's only one way to learn.  Right? 


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My neighbour got some great shots of the osprey nesting in our area.  It's a short walk along the ocean from here.  Let's see if I can put in one of his pics.

Hey--that looks like success!  Let's try the one with THREE osprey in one picture.

Amazing, eh?  Thanks, Jack.  (I asked him about posting, and he said the more that know how wonderful things are around here, the better.  Please do NOT filch images.  Is that even possible?  If you know about this and know how I can prevent it, please comment.)


It is definitely spring, if you get my drift...

I have a nice new camera that I like, but it doesn't have one of those .5 metre-long zoom lenses and it doesn't weight 10kg.  I'm glad I have a neighbour with those things and who's happy to share.


But if you've stumbled onto this blog and are now expecting more photos of this quality, well, just move along.  


Here's a pic of a black bear seen last weekend.  The dog and I walked right by him/her, dog in heel because she was giving clear signs that something was around, though I thought it was a coyote, as they're common enough.  If I'd seen the bear sooner, I would not have chosen to walk within two metres of him/her.  Pic taken after passing.

Syndi-Rexites--hullo!  I hope you make it here, which is a stupid thing to say, since if you're here, you're here.  (Non-syndi-Rexites welcome, too!  As are non-Rexites!)  I've been ridiculously busy the last while, so have not kept up with Rex's blog.  


I recall, in syndi-time of a couple of weeks ago, discussion of the osprey, but then the post I'd put in with links to photos disappeared and it seemed too much to get caught up.  Somebody (@SIS, @Ginger?) guessed the photos were taken at Deep Cove.  Very close.  They were taken from the Rocky Point Pier in Port Moody, which is just a bit further east (and still on Burrard Inlet). 


Okay, I'm just going to (try to) post this.  And see what happens.  Happy Victoria Day, everybody!