Party people left this mound of trash at Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park.
I want to start off my blog with a bit of a rant today. During our last walk along Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park we discovered that some inconsiderate party people had left the picnic area strewn with cans, bottles, half eaten plates of food, etc. So inconsiderate.
We cleaned up after them but it was disgusting, it would have taken only a few minutes for the people who made the mess to clean up after themselves. The garbage cans nearest the site were full, but there was plenty of space in the cans just 50 foot away. Shameful.
Enough with the rant, onto other observations.
The water level was so low at the Fraser River that boats were up high and dry on the mudbanks. The heat has been intense the past few days, in the high 20s. Not sure if it really did hit the 30s as expected, but the humidity sure makes it unpleasant.
Bird sightings at the river
- Bushtits are tiny, one of the smallest passerines in North America at 11 cm in length and 5.3 g in weight.
- Red-breasted nuthatches were found because of their distinctive calls, they were running up and down the sides of a large tree in a nuthatch fashion.
I uploaded some new photos to flickr of river sunsets and the low river conditions.
Have noticed berries on the trees at Burnaby Lake, and some maples along the roadsides are turning red. The weather may be hot, but fall is coming soon.
