Today, Saturday, was forecasted to be what we call an atmospheric river these days. Tomorrow is looking more or less dry. Yet I don’t sit still very well, so I put on the poncho and headed out with my camera to try to get some more bird photos. The photo below is from my phone though, overlooking Beaver Lake in Stanley Park. I did get some “real” photos here too of a snoozing wood duck among the many mallards.
Another phone photo of four cormorants watching the kayakers along false creek inlet.
Riding through the forest in the rain is quite lovely, but I had it in my mind I’d go get some water fowl photos at the pond at Ambleside Park, known for a good selection of birds. My poncho did a good job for a while, but the rain and wind both picked up and left me pretty soaked after a while.
No particularly great photos today, not the least because I realized late in the session that my UV lens had a haze on it that was making photos low contrast with grey blacks. But I’ll share anyway – wigeons, mergansers, wood duck, the aforementioned cormorants, and a little pack of golden crowned sparrows.
The ride ended up being over 40 km. Hoping to better that tomorrow!
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