Despite their name, Juncos are members of the sparrow family, though perhaps more distinctive than the other sparrows we have looked at late...

Here's another photo from the archives - this one's from January 2011. It's Mckenzie Creek in Thetis Lake Park. When I took this...

Benjamin is most gracious in his description of our wonderings in woods, leaving out the part about getting lost and almost dying! Well, ...

One of the most distinctive trees on the west coast is the Arbutus (Arbutus menziesii) - a tree that doesn't shed its leaves in winter ...

I mentioned yesterday that Fern and I did not see the many mushrooms we were hoping for on our walk around Thetis Lake. However, we did see ...

Despite storm warnings yesterday morning was brilliantly bright and clear when Fern and I took a long walk in Thetis Lake Regional Park. We ...

Well the cold weather has arrived early this year - it's freezing every night now and I doubt I'll see many more mushrooms popping u...

To continue the theme of weird shapes of mushrooms or fungi, here is another one I always enjoy seeing at this time of year, a Coral Fungus....

I mentioned in yesterday's post about the wide variety of shapes and colors of mushrooms. As an example, here's another favorite fun...

Beside Mount Douglas Park, another favorite hunting ground for mushrooms is the forest surrounding Thetis Lake. I went out there last week t...

There are so many evergreens on the shores of Thetis Lake it hardly looks like autumn. Aside from that, our deciduous trees have only begun ...

While strolling through the forest that surrounds Thetis Lake I came across this Robin fledgeling. He was not quite able to fly yet and look...

I never, ever tire of this lovely spot. - Fern

Some mushrooms pop up and seem qute happy as individuals (right) but other seem to prefer to erupt in clusters (above and below).However, ch...

Above is the first mushroom I spied on my walk around Thetis Lake Park earlier this week and its extraordinary color was only a hint of the ...

Apparently in this part of the world the rains came at just the right time to bring out a massive crop of wild mushrooms. I've been che...

Much as I love to photograph birds, it is often frustrating since they are shy and hop around a lot, often in locations that are difficult f...

Mushroom season has only just begun now but there are already a few of the smaller kinds of fungi visible on the forest floor, Above is one ...

Another seasonal aspect of the forest that I noticed on my last trip out to Thetis Lake is that there are more spider webs at this time of y...

I went out the Thetis Lake on the weekend to see if the recent rains had encouraged any mushrooms to pop up. And indeed, there were a few bu...