Steller sea lions in Steveston

My uncle runs a water taxi business based out of Steveston. On Sunday, May 23rd he invited us for a quick tour 10km down the mouth of the Fraser River to the lighthouse at the end of the breakwater known as "Sandheads". It's here along the rocks where we encountered sea lions basking in the sun. May is the last month of the annual Steller sea lion migration.

Gray whale in False Creek?

What is this news I read?

What is this picture* I see?

There's a gray whale swimming in False Creek?

False Creek?!!

The former industrial ocean inlet on the south shore of the downtown Vancouver peninsula?

This can only mean two things:

False Creek's getting healthier, or the rest of the Georgia Strait's getting worse.

Post Edit Babble: The fact that there are even gray whales in the Georgia Strait is newsworthy enough. But False Creek? That takes it to a whole new realm of weirdness. Reports yesterday claimed that gray whales were swimming in Howe Sound. Normally you only get orcas in the Georgia Strait, not gray whales. Gray whales are otherwise found on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the open Pacific Ocean. I wonder what it means?

*For real photos, check out this great story from VancouverIsAwesome!

A full moon moonrise at sunset... with crows!

I was admiring the moonrise over the mountains at sunset when thousands of crows flew by on their evening flight back to their roost.