I was taking pictures of roseate spoonbills — regrettably, too far away to be great shots — and I turned around just in time to catch a great blue heron in a pond on the other side of the road, just as he was just in time to catch his next snack.
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Posted: 2023 Mar 24
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I want to live in a country, and a city, where I can afford to buy a house and raise a family, and where it's safe to walk down the street or use public transit. I feel like it's a reasonable expectation, and yet in so many places across Canada this feels like it's slipping away.
627 @JonathanWNV @PattyHajdu Mar 29 and there are 32 long term advisories, 25 short term advisories, and an additional 21 advisories in BC. 2 more short term advisories added in as many days. FNMI people deserve better. Especially as we are 2 years after your promised fix date.
"...this gov't is a 7-yr story of a deteriorating rel'ship with businesses that make their own decisions in competitive mkts. But desperate times lead to desperate measures. Suddenly Trudeau & Freeland are willing to trust CEOs. Will wonders never cease." https://paulwells.substack.com/p/chrystia-freelands-invisible-hand?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
What a magnificent picture!
Tom
Tom – Thanks!
Terrific !
Ralph – Thanks! I was pretty tickled.
I’m, like, WOW! Fantastic photo!
Marilyn – Many thanks.
Isabel – now the question is what is he/she snacking on?
John – A fissshy of some sort.
Great photos, Isabel, Even though some may be enhanced!
Marilyn – Thanks! Having a ball . . .
Nice catch Isabel – so many times the best picture if the one behind me…..
Jim R – Yeah. A photographer on our Scotland trip in 2012 talked about that, so I do try to remember to turn around!