Bailey is always attracted to the various birds on the river. This particular bird, I think some kind of cormorant really put on a show.
We were right at the Jellico cul de sac, as you can tell by the benches Bailey is owning…
Tag Archives: The River District
Chasing birds
Bailey loves to run after the swallows that frequent our park. She will chase them around and around for a looong time! The birds themselves seem to be teasing her, switching directions, darting the opposite way, looping back on her, doubling up for a charge.
I’ve actually been worried that she doesn’t know when to quit and might give herself a heart attack – no idea if that is even a thing, but this gal seems a tad obsessed!
Birds on the river
Pam and I really enjoy the antics of the birds we see along the Fraser River. We spend a lot of time on our walks checking out the various types of birds. Big and small they always catch our eye!
On the small side, we’ve seen several hummingbirds, and lots of our neighbours along the walk have hummingbird feeding stations set up. This particular series of photos in this post are of the same bird! See how the color just radically changes…
When you see the pictures of him where he is mostly green, it’s hard to see any of the brilliant magenta color that is so prominent in the other two pictures.
I had to put in another picture of the Great Blue Heron. We see herons every day, and it’s really cool to see them fly. But here, he’s out standing on a log boom, looking for all the world like he has a beer belly! Thought it was hysterical.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Well it’s Thanksgiving once again and I hope you all had a great time with family and turkey and hams and pumpkin pie! It was a rainy day here today and Bailey and I took a walk up toward Mitchell Island.
Along the way there are several tug businesses, and Bailey was quite fascinated by the whole experience. There are lots of places where you can peek out on the river and inevitably something fun is happening.
There is a seawall that runs quite a ways along side the river, and we made it to where the river splits around Mitchell Island. I can see that the seawall carries on for quite a ways, so another day we’ll try to go further.
Bailey is quite funny about the camera. She does not like to have her picture taken. As soon as I turn the camera on her, she turns away. I take the camera away, she looks back. So getting a shot of her, is often times very tricky. Here we are at the base of Jellicoe street, and you can see the Knight Street bridge in the left background.
Running around
Bailey has made a lot of new friends in the neighbourhood. There are tons of dogs, and most are pretty friendly.
Lots of people are using this park as an off leash area, although I’m not sure it is an off leash area. But, no one seems to complain, and all the dogs are well behaved.
Here is a video of Bailey chasing one of her new friends. I forgot I had my phone with me, but they had been chasing each other for quite some time.
Pretty funny stuff… she’s been having fun that’s for sure!