Birding, June 27, 2026: Barns, bees, benches, birds, boats, bogs, bugs, butterflies, and a lobster

Where: DeBoville Slough, Blakeburn Lagoons Park (Port Coquitlam), Alouette River/Trans Canada Trail (Pitt Meadows) Weather: Mostly sunny, 17-22°C Spoiler: I forgot to wear sunscreen. I am the lobster. DeBoville Slough The slough as we started out. We previously visited the slough in extremes of heat and cold, but today it was in the Goldilocks zone of just right, if Goldilocks was into sloughs instead of stealing porridge from bears. By the way, we did not see any bears, but we did see frequent reminders of bears along the trail, one of which Nic shot because he loves poop. Just kidding, there was a butterfly on it. I opted to go meta and took a photo of him taking a photo of the poop (with a butterfly on it). Nic shoots the poop: The best part is it doesn’t move. Once more, we heard yellowthroats, but never got any photos. They are as elusive as the Sasquatch, albeit a lot noisier. In general, birds were a bit tricky to shoot due to distance or foliage, but sometimes they’d sit out…