Over the summer I was transfixed by these tiny crustaceans I noticed on the beach. I noticed their movement and dozens upon dozens of tiny holes near the tideline.
Getting my nose down to the beach, I got a view of these miniscule sand-hoppers emerging, jumping about, and digging themselves back down into the sand. The species is probably Megalorchestia pugettensis.
The sun rises over the low tide near Jericho beach, subtly changed with the approach of autumn. As the seasons fade into one another, the living world begins to change as well. Here’s a selection of photos from a recent visit.
As promised, here’s the second part of my recent photos from Stanley Park.
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Common Raven (*Corvus corax*)
The park is home to a family of Common Ravens that are usually hard to miss – even if you don’t see them, you’ll almost certainly hear them. I found this adult near the Third Beach concession, one of their usual haunts.
I stopped regularity bringing my camera out birding a year or more ago. In part because it’s a distraction, but also because it is heavy.
On top of that, knowing that any photographs I post here (and anything I write as well) will be stolen and dumped into the slurry of data being feed to LLMs by amoral companies doesn’t encourage me to share.
Generating synthetic text and images may appear as harmless fun, but there are serious repercussions when they accidentally or intentionally start polluting discourse and data. Two recent articles I’d recommend reading:
With that said, here are some recent photography from Stanley Park.
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Red-necked Phalarope (*Phalaropus lobatus*)
Red-necked Phalaropes are only slightly larger than House Sparrows, but spend upwards of nine months of the year in the open ocean. I was lucky to see this one passing through on migration.
