Wild River Otters

It was such a nice day yesterday. River otters surely enjoyed nice day too. Those wild river otters are active @ the statue of the girl in wetsuit.

Great Blue Helons

Great Blue Herons

Herons are busy making nests and incubating their eggs around this time.

There are about 117 nests in 25 trees in Stanley park. Most of nests are at the tennis court area in the park.


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Easter Train

Easter train starts from March 23 to April 1 this year.

The Stanley Park Easter Train runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m.  Tickets for kids 3-12 are $8.75.  Adults pay $3.50 to accompany children on the train.

Surf Scoter

A Surf Scoter is surfing around the Stanley park. The bird is often catching fishes near the north side of Totem poles.


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Greater White-fronted Geese

Three Greater White-fronted Geese were at Rose Garden at Stanley park today.

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Fresh snow on mountains

There is fresh snow on mountains. Snowy mountains are beautiful. This is the view from North side of Stanley park.

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Aquarium: Sharks and Rays

Aquarium starts new show, Sharks and Rays today. Sharks are arrived from Australia, and some of interesting exhibits are there.

Aquarium opens until 6 pm

Vancouver Aquarium is currently open until 6 pm. It will be closed at 5 pm from January 7, 2013. One hour longer than usual winter hours.

coyote

I saw a coyote two days ago near Aquarium. It was such a beautiful coyote walking across the green area. Dogs were barking so loud. Some people are tweeting about it. I did not have a camera, but here is the picture from CTV British Columbia.


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photo from CTV BC

Varied thrush

I saw a varied thrush at Prospect point. A varied thrush at the park has a beautiful yellow stripe on it's head.

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