Ladner and Delta, BC

Today was a perfect west coast winter day. Gilbert, my cockatoo and I headed out in the Mazda Miata with the top down to do some bird photography. Jason had told us he'd seen eagles and great snowy owls south of Vancouver. We drove around Delta and Ladner and got some terrific pictures. We even scared up a flock of ducks in the fields. Gilbert loved running about the fields.   The  little town of Ladner is lovely. We enjoyed walking along the dike looking at the boats in the various marinas. In the Ladner park where we found rabbits and more birds. It was wonderful of outdoors day of exercise, fresh air and beautiful scenery. I even saw a bridge turn on a pedestal to let a yacht go through. The sun was setting before we knew it.




















 

Great Snowy Owl

Thanks to Jason I learned he'd seen Great Snowy Owls in Ladner. Gilbert and I head down with the Nikon D5000 and Sigma 150 to 500 mm Telephoto with a sturdy tripod. I found 4 but 2 immediately flew off leaving 2 for me to photograph.

Bald Headed Eagle

Today Gilbert and I drove down to Ladner in the Mazda Miata with the top down. It was that kind of beautiful sunny winter west coast day. I had my Nikon D5000 digital SLR and a Sigma 150-500 mm telephoto lens with a heavy duty tripod. There was one Eagle who posed and a group more sitting in a tree like so many sparrows.