Urban Oasis - Burnaby Lake

This morning, Burnaby Lake Regional Park was bursting with life. Many of our native shrubs including Nootka rose and thimbleberry continue to flower. Some shrubs are already developing their fruits, such as: osoberry (Indian Plum*), salmonberry, and black twin berry. As you transition from deciduous forest into a mix coniferous forest, Pacific bleeding heart and false lily of the valleys appear from the forest floor. Wildlife highlights included adorable mallard ducklings that remained beside their mother's side and a late spring Snow Goose. These geese should be on their breeding grounds in Russia by now, so I'm not sure what this straggler was doing. Regardless, it was fun seeing such a beautiful bird from close up.
- Sam