Remembrance Day – 2015

Our Scout group goes down to Chinatown every year to help commemorate Remembrance Day with the Chinese community.  It’s a small ceremony that takes place at 12:30pm, after the main one down in Victory Square.  The weather was beautiful this year and made for some good pics.

1. False Creek condos from Sun Yat-Sen gardens

New and Old by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

2. Bomber Flyby

Fly-by by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

3. Formation Fly-by

Fly-by by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

4. Old fighters

Fly-by by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

5. More old fighters

WWII Veterans by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

6. Proud vets

For their service, I am grateful! by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

7.Chinese Workers’ memorial
Chinese Worker’s Memorial by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

8. My Scouts

28th Kitsilano Scout Group by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

9. Soon there will be too few

Two WWII veterans by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

The whole set can be found at: 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/albums/72157660712527620/with/22548312747/

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

A walk around Reifel Sanctuary on Sunday

I went out on Sunday to see if I could find a few willing posers as the weatherman had predicted sun – a rarity in Southwestern BC winters. OT was cloudy and SUPER windy to start, but the sun finally came out around 10-11am. Turns out the birds decided to show up too

1) Golden-Crowned sparrow in winter plumage.

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

2) A pair of Lesser Snow Geese in flight

Lesser Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens), in Flight by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

3) Male Hooded Merganser

Male Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

4) You lookin’ at me?

Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

5) red-shafted Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

6) Enjoying a berry tasty meal

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

I hope you enjoy the pictures. The whole series can be found at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspe … 0553152037