2 hours ago · Nature · 0 comments

Where: Rocky Point Park (Port Moody), DeBoville Slough (Port Coquitlam)Weather: Mostly sunny, 21°C Today the weather was more seasonal, but still a bit warmer than normal. It was warm enough for a lot of birds to go bathing, however. Rocky Point Park (and environs) Looking west across the inlet. Our first stop was the heron rookery just past Old Orchard Park. We did see plenty of nests and plenty of adult herons, variously grooming, snoozing and staring out, but no baby dinosaurs were visible–yet. We may have to return in a few weeks. Or rent a drone or something. Or a Great Blue Heron costume, along with tree-climbing skills, the latter of which I’m fairly certain you can’t rent. Bottom line: no baby herons on this trip. We headed along the trail to Rocky Point Park and along the way spotted a number of Killdeer and out and about and bobbing, along with a flock of seagulls enjoying the cool of the water flowing in from nearby creeks, as well as a murder or two of crows doing the…

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