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A Pied-billed Grebe in the Lost Lagoon

This cagey little bird is a hard one to spot; she's often underwater or hunting amongst the plants that grow in water. The Pied-billed Grebe is a small little d...

Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft

https://stanleyparker.ca/intro/images/sparker201802070003.jpg This video captures a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft as it slowly floats along the shore of Stanl...

9 little Mallard ducklings foraging on Lily pads

An endless supply of little bugs keeps these ducklings moving from Lily pad to Lily pad :) What a perfect food for these little rascals! Mama Mallard is always ...

Deranged cameraman tries to capture duck for dinner!

A must see video! This crazy cameraman assaults a flock of ducks in attempt to save money on food! Ok, well... not really; but it's really hard to get some atte...

A Douglas Squirrel digging up lunch :)

Head first into the dirt, this little Douglas Squirrel digs his way to some food! You have to have a good memory to remember where all your food stashes are :) ...

Great Blue Heron catching fish in sunset silhouette

With the sun set, there's only the silhoutte :) In this video you'll see a Great Blue Heron preening her beautiful plummage, then all of a sudden she spots a li...

American Widgeons in flight and landing at sea

I love to capture birds in flight :) In this video you'll see a small flock of American Widgeons do a quick fly-by and then land along the shore of Stanley Park...

Wood Duck Ducklings

Such cute little feathered creatures these Wood Duck ducklings are! It's hard not to point a camera at them and capture their behaviour :) If they're not huntin...

Female Lesser Scaup diving for food under Lily pads

I was happy to find this new migrant at Beaver Lake :) It was the first scaup of the season and it just popped out from under the water to my delight! Trying to...

American Black Oystercatcher taking a bath

After feasting on clams using its long red beak, this Black Oystercatcher decide to take a saltwater bath :) This was the first time I actually caught an oyster...

Male Mallard making love to female Mallard :p

There's no privacy at Beaver Lake, and the Mallards know it :) So when I see them bobbing their heads up and down, I know what is coming next! Mallards have bee...

A Spotted Sandpiper dancing on the rocks

Getting close to a Spotted Sandpiper has proven to be very difficult. Every time I push my luck, off she goes :( They seem to be quite sensitive, so I learned t...

A Black-capped Chickadee just saying hello :)

Capturing a Black-capped Chickadee on video can be a challenge, especially if you're not handing out food :) In this short 10 second video, this chickadee looks...

Watch this Raccoon swim like a champion!

This raccoon popped out of nowhere and didn't waste any time getting to where he needed to go :) Down the fallen tree, and straight into the cold December water...

Time-lapse of a Siwash Rock windy and cloudy sunset

The day was wet, cold and windy, so I was surprised that the sun managed to say hello before setting for the day :) The clouds were moving quite fast, so I thou...

Northern Rough-winged Swallow resting on busy sea wall

This cute little swallow was catching bugs over the beach/ocean when it decided to take a break on the busy sea wall. I haven't had much luck capturing this typ...

A Beaver dragging its dinner over his dam

This beaver had just harvested a small tree when I captured him dragging his dinner through the water and over top of one of his dams. It was early evening and ...

Wood Duck brotherly love, on a log in the fog

These two Wood Ducks where caught kissing each other on a log, but upon further inspection, it turned out that they were just helping each other reach those har...

Norther Shoveler with a huge bill

This Northern Shoveler was hanging out on a little island when I spotted it. I thought it was a female mallard, but upon closer inspection I noticed its huge bi...

Wood Duck duckling resting on a log

Baby Wood Ducks are the cutest things! This little duck was sitting on a log with her siblings and mother. After a good deal of swimming and feasting on little ...