The second of back-to-back 55km rides, this time a flatter and more pavement-heavy ride out to Iona island near the airport. This place is basically Disneyworld for birders, and given my recent uptick in birding interest, felt it was time to revisit while the spring action is taking place.
On the road in, a few kilometres long, there is a new separated bike path that is very lovely. Adjacent to that is this marshy, grassy path that was quite muddy in spots. Regrettably I chose the latter – beautiful though!
Back on the paved path, admiring this view to the north – just past these grasses is the Fraser River out of sight, then Vancouver beyond that.
Two examples of birds I saw while at Iona – a swallow (not sure if this fella is a tree or violet-green swallow, but mostly I saw tree swallows) and a golden-crowned kinglet, of which there were many in this spruce.
This is the area I wandered around trying to get a glimpse of two birds I was hearing (thanks to Merlin) – a common yellowthroat and at least one marsh wren. I didn’t spot either. Note the Bombadil off in the distance, locked to a post.
Coming over one of the bridges on the way home I got this multi-modal photo. I was hoping to see a Skytrain come over the bridge pictured at the same time for the trifecta, but no dice.
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