Birding, June 14, 2026: Big fresh piles of tapestry

Where: Campbell Valley Regional Park (Langley), Tlahutum Regional Park (Coquitlam)Weather: Sunny, 26-32°C This was my second time birding since surgery and I may have been a bit overly ambitious on setting out an extravagantly long route around Campbell Valley as the temperature eventually climbed to 32C. Campbell Valley Regional Park Quaint old buildings near the South Valley entrace. We parked at the South Valley entrance, where the car seats would get set to “broiling” while we wandered the many trails of the park. We eventually began questing for a water fountain and settled for a bathroom sink by an old red barn. Our first visit here was in March 2023 and did not yield too many birds. This time there was a lot of activity and a surprisingly large variety of birds–but many proved elusive, either appearing fleetingly, or only taunting us from somewhere in the dense foliage. One of the reasons I suggested Campbell Valley on this day was the forecast–I remembered it had a lot of…