The spoonbills are pink.
Kerri approved of the pink.
They are funny looking.
They are even more funny looking when flying away.
Which they did a lot. Apparently they don’t like us.
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Stone Crabs
We had stone crabs for brunch today. They were delicious. The shells are so thick they feel like ceramic.
This is a nearly whole stone crab shell. The fishermen only harvest one claw. The crabs are released to grow their claws back.
The restaurant had a wonderful view.
We could see lots of birds across the estuary.
We dumped our shells right back into the water they came out of.
This attracted lots of fish. And a shark that chased the fish, but we didn’t have the camera out for that.
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Beavers
There are beavers at Burnaby Lake.
We see them almost every time we walk.
Yes, that means you should prepare for a LOT of beaver posts.
We have only seen two, but we think they might have kits in the lodge.
Even the adults are quite cute.
They see us too, but they do not care.
They don’t even care about dogs.
They just want to find more sticks.
Sticks are delicious.
We assume. We haven’t tried to eat any because we don’t want an angry beaver.
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Other Burnaby Lake Wildlife
We are getting good at taking not-quite-good photos of wildlife at Burnaby Lake.
Here’s a slightly blurry bunny facing slightly away from you.
And here’s a more blurry muskrat swimming away from you.
Muskrats only come out at dusk and tend to hide in the trees, so they’re pretty hard to get.
These birds are around all the time.
But they’re pretty boring when they’re not flying.
And pretty hard to catch when they are.
Ducks are similarly boring.
Unless they’ve just ducked.
Then they’re wet.
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Beaver Picking up Groceries
It’s hard work to get groceries when you’re a beaver.
The store doesn’t sell trees so you have to chop them down yourself.
Sometimes there are fences between the tree and the water.
Those slow him down a lot.
Then he has to tow the whole thing back home.
With his teeth.
And he never remembers to bring a grocery bag.
Sometimes they take more reasonably sized loads.
They take their sticks back to the lodge.
Then they dive down to get inside.
