Granville Island birds (LOTS of birds)

[Tindalos]

The past couple of weeks have been really crappy. I've spent a lot of time thinking and wandering round in the pouring rain, photographing ducks and other birds. These were taken with my Pentax K1000 at Granville Island, a big market that sells local food, arts and crafts. It was so wet that they couldn't be bothered to fly away.



Canada Geese:









Ducks:









Gulls:








Pigeons:














I probably won't be around much for the next month because I have to focus all my energy on passing my course. It's required and I need 80% to stay in the program. My apologies for not being very talkative lately. Right now, I'm exhausted and off to bed.



~Tin

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. look how the pigeons are all puffed to stay dry and warm......

I am so glad you ventured out with your lens on this rainy day.


thank you

btw....I love birds. I have 3. an african grey parrot (with a longshoremens vocab) and 2 cocikteals

[Tindalos]

4. The poor things were miserable.

I felt bad bothering them.


That portrait of yours is great. Was he someone you know or did you just happen by? It tells such a story.



I love birds too. I used to have a budgie - she couldn't talk "human" but I'm convinced she swore up a storm in bird language.
Birds, especially parrots and cockateals, have such great personalities. I'd love another, but I'm never home right now.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. You're in Vancouver?

Are the ducks and geese just stopping by, or do they hang out there through the winter?

[Tindalos]

5. Yep, I'm here.

A lot (most?) of them stay throughout the winter. It's warmer here than in the rest of Canada so they're fairly comfortable.
Occasionally it will get cold enough for water to freeze and then people have to go free the birds from the ice because some of
them have forgotten that they're supposed to fly away. Most years, we just get a lot of rain in the winter.

Do you have any wildlife that sticks around all winter? Or do they migrate/hibernate?

[Blue_In_AK]

7. We actually have a lot of little birds here in the winter,

redpolls and Bohemian waxwings particularly, plus the ravens, of course, and eagles which are here all year. The moose, sheep and goats stay around and the caribou. I think the ones up on the North Slope move south, but they're still out and about south of the Brooks Range. Also the wolves, ermine, arctic foxes and such stay active through the winter. And a lot of the little rodents just run around under the snow. It's amazing to me how all these things can survive our harsh winters, but they seem to thrive on it.

[Tindalos]

8. It's surprising how they adapt, isn't it?

We have a different kind of "wildlife" in Vancouver. Most of it isn't quite as cute and fluffy as yours.

[Maestro]

3. Now this is my kind of thread. I love birds!

The second pic of the canada goose is great!

[Tindalos]

6. You like birds?

I had no idea. ;)


Thanks. That goose wasn't too happy about me disturbing her nap. If it was a nicer day I probably would have gotten hissed at for getting that close.

[Maestro]

9. Love photographing them.

Click on my sig and you'll see. ;)

[Tindalos]

10. You have a good eye.

I've admired the photos you've posted here, but not seen your website before. It's very impressive.