November 12, 2009
Byrne Creek Paw Prints, Paint & Mushrooms
I ran across lots of tracks along Byrne Creek in southeast Burnaby on a patrol looking for spawning salmon today. Dead spawners attract all sorts of hungry animals from skunks to raccoons to coyotes. I've even seen squirrels checking out carcasses - why not? A cousin of mine calls them "rats with bushy tails" :-). Someone also thoughtfully left a bunch of paint cans along the fence at the spawning habitat!
Prints leading toward the creek
Close-up
A rain-filled mushroom
Poster reminding people and dogs to stay out
of the creek during spawning season
What's with the paint cans? Someone even took the
time to nicely line them up, so why not the time to
take them to a recycling centre?