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View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Partly clear and pleasantly cool.

Where: Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Centennial Beach (Delta), Tlahutum Regional Park (Coquitlam) Weather: Mostly sunny, 18–21°C It was my birthday and what better way to celebrate than going out and getting lightly sun burnt while watching freaky insects and po…

Brunette River, pre-run: Signs of fall.

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: A fine last day of summer for 2026.

View of Brunette River, pre-run: Another cloudless late summer day.

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Nothing but blue sky.

Brunette River, pre-run: Calm and cool.

Where: Serpentine Fen, Blackie Spit (Surrey), Piper Spit, Burnaby Lake (Burnaby), Tlahutum Regional Park (Coquitlam) Weather: Partly sunny, 19–21°C 20,000 steps and four locations later, we wrapped up the penultimate summer birding outing for 2026 under p…

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Clearing skies, cooler temperatures.

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Cloudy, with drizzle imminent.

Where: Burnaby Lake Regional Park (Burnaby), Tlahutum Regional Park (Coquitlam) Weather: Sunny, 21-23°C The first birding of September, which yielded no fall migrants (boo), but some photogenic locals (yay) and no tree frogs.

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Cool, cloudy and calm.

Eurythmics, 1999: Stop the world Call it a day Leave it all behind Leave it that way I tried to pick the least depressing verse from the song (“Peace is Just a Word”).

A wee bit late with this one.

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Moody skies, calm waters.

I wrote 38 posts this month (counting this one) and yet I feel like I’ve somehow failed Blaugust because most of my posts were: Running Birding Random photos These are all “easy” posts for me and unless you’re really into (me) running, the running posts a…

In some crazy alternate universe I bet I was down!

Brunette River, pre-run: Hints of fall.

The more I try to think what to write, the more the thoughts run away, nimble and free.