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A Song Sparrow on a rock at Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC. #birds #songsparrow #sparrows

Buoy, you keep me spinning right round. This Double-crested Cormorant had to keep shifting its position as the marker buoy kept spinning under it. At Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC. Also, why is one of the Z's on the buoy backwards? #birds #doublecrestedcormorant

"Let me get a better look at you." A Song Sparrow in Lelem Park, at UBC, Vancouver. #birds #songsparrow

Here's a Golden-crowned Kinglet showing a bit of his red crest while foraging in the snow on the forest floor. In Lelem Park, at UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #goldencrownedkinglet #snow

A Pacific Wren in Lelem Park at UBC, Vancouver. #birds #pacificwren #snow

Moon rise this evening. Taken from UBC, Vancouver, BC.

A Mallard in the icy pond at Lelem Village UBC, Vancouver. #birds #mallard #ducks #snow

A Varied Thrush on a snowy branch in Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #variedthrush #snow

Not sure who was more startled, me or this Spotted Towhee, when he landed on a branch about a meter (3ft) away from me. He took off as soon as he realized I was standing there. At Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #spottedtowhee

A Golden-crowned Kinglet in the snow at Rick Genest Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #goldencrownedkinglet #snow

A Brown Creeper heading up a fir tree in the woods by Lelem Village at UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #browncreeper

A Red-breasted Nuthatch making its way down a tree in the woods at Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #redbreastednuthatch

Snowbird in the falling snow. While small snowflakes fall around it, a Dark-eyed Junco sits perched on the lightly snow covered branch of a cherry tree. at UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #darkeyedjunco #snowbird

A Goldfinch perched on the branch of a snow covered cherry tree. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #goldfinch #snow

An Anna's Hummingbird on a snow covered cherry tree branch. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #hummingbird #annashummingbird #snow

The waxing crescent Moon and Venus this evening. Taken from UBC, Vancouver, BC. #moon #venus

An Anna's Hummingbird blowing a bubble on a grey February afternoon. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #hummingbird #annashummingbird #bubble #blowingbubbles

A Spotted Towhee facing me down while it was perched in a thicket at Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #Birds #spottedtowhee

An American Robin near the icy edge of the pond in Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #birds #robin #americanrobin

A Great Blue Heron watching the pond at Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #birds #greatblueheron #heron

A Bald Eagle in a tree overlooking Jericho Beach. At Vancouver, BC. #birds #baldeagle

The rising waning crescent moon just before sunrise Sunday. Taken at UBC, Vancouver, BC. #moon #crescentmoon #dawn

Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn aligned in the sky Saturday night. I stitched together three pictures to give a rough presentation of their relative positions. Taken from the Marine Drive viewpoint at UBC, Vancouver, BC. #nightsky #astronomy #planetaryalignment #mars #jupiter #venus #saturn

An American Coot in the pond at Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #birds #americancoot #coot

A Black-capped Chickadee giving me a quizzical look. #birds #blackcappedchickaddd #chickadee

A Golden-crowned Kinglet checks out the underside of a branch in the woods near the pond in Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #birds #goldencrownedkinglet

Ever have the feeling you're being watched? A Ruby-crowned Kinglet peers out from its hiding spot. In the woods at Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #rubycrownedkinglet

On Frozen Pond. Mallards on the ice covered pond at Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #ducks #mallard

A Bald Eagle being chased by a Gull over the pier at Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC. #birds #baldeagle #eagles #gulls

"What do you mean get off the flowers? I don't see no stinking flowers!" A White-crowned Sparrow perched on a Rhododendron flower bud. At UBC, Vancouver, BC. #birds #whitecrownedsparrow #sparrows

A Mallard pair showing off their stripes. In the pond at Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver, BC.

A Great Blue Heron reflects while stalking among the stalks at the edge of the pond in Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. #birds #greatblueheron

Mars and the full Moon - as close as they got from my vantage point looking through cloudy skies in Vancouver, BC. #fullmoon #mars #moon #nightsky

This Pacific Wren paused for just a moment in a thicket at the edge of a path through Jericho Beach Park before disappearing back into the undergrowth. At Vancouver, BC. #birds #pacificwren

A Hooded Merganser in the pond at Jericho Beach Park. This is the first time I've seen one. At Vancouver, BC. #Birds #hoodedmerganser

A Ring-necked Duck in the pond at Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC. This is the first time I've seen one. #birds #ringneckedduck #ducks

Moon shot. Bottom left to top right: Jupiter, the constellation Taurus, the Pleiades star cluster, and a plane about to pass by the waxing half moon. Taken from UBC, Vancouver, BC, at about 5:35 pm local. #jupiter #moon #taurus #pleiades #nightsky #astronomy