Winter Hits

We don't get much snow in Vancouver, particularly in December. It will be a rare white Christmas this year.





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An Eagle, Two Wasps, a Honey Bee and a Fly

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I bought myself a Nikon D60 as a birthday present. (This was the day before the markets collapsed, probably a good thing.) I'm experimenting with various ways of sharing the photos, hence the two different slide show formats. The eagle sides don't fit on the format of this page for now, but I'll ask a friendly expert (Liza! Help!) how to fix that; I don't want to make them smaller, obviously.

The header photo - bit of irony, I suppose, considering the title - is the view the eagles have from their nest. I've been wanting to take this shot for years, and finally can.

Feel welcome to visit my Picasa gallery if you want to see larger images.



This eagle is one of a nesting pair at Jericho Beach.






And here are some of my backyard friends, hangin' out in the blackberries.

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