John Patrick
jstcpatrick.bsky.social
John Patrick
@jstcpatrick.bsky.social
Photographer
A cloud wolf howls at the rising waning gibbous moon.

At Vancouver, BC.
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A pair of Starlings perched on antennas atop an apartment at UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #Starlings
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I was walking along the street when I had the oddest feeling that something was watching me. I turned and in a bush I spotted a wee eldritch berry beastie winking and blinking!

#HappyHalloween #weeeldritchberrybeastie #animation
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A Chestnut-backed Chickadee perched for a moment on a maple tree branch below my balcony.

At UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #ChestnutBackedChickadee #Chickadee
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A Ruby-crowned Kinglet paused briefly among the maple leaves.

At UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #RubyCrownedKinglet #Autumn
October 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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#VaccinesForLife #V4L
#vaccineswork
#vaccination
#GetVaccinated
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
A Lincoln's Sparrow on a log in Canyon Creek on Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #Sparrow #LincolnsSparrow
October 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Here's a Pacific Wren in profile looking like one of those wind-up hopping bird toys.

At Canyon Creek, Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #PacificWren
October 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
A female Bushtit on a rainy October morning.

At UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #Bushtit #Autumn
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The waning gibbous moon was near the Pleiades star cluster Thursday evening.

#Stargazing #Moon #ThePleiades #Astronomy #NightSky
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A moment of tenderness as a female Wood Duck pecks the cheek of a male.

At the pond in Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #WoodDucks #Ducks #kissing
October 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It's as if a switch was flipped as the maple leaves seem to have suddenly taken on the reds and oranges of autumn with the start of the month.

A Black-capped Chickadee in a maple tree

At UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #Chickadee #BirdPhotography #Autumn
October 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A Wood Duck on the wood rail of a wood deck.

At Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #birdphotography #WoodDuck #duck
September 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A Northern Flicker greets the dawn from the top of a tall cedar.

At UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Bird #Birds #NorthernFlicker #Woodpecker
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
A Pacific Tree frog atop the cone of a wilted Black-eyed Susan.

At Lelem Park, UBC, Vancouver.

#Frog #PacificTreeFrog #LastDayOfSummer
September 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The waning crescent moon, Venus, and the star Regulus were very close together in the sky this morning.

#Moon #CrescentMoon #Venus #Regulus #StarGazing #Astronomy
September 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The waxing gibbous moon around quarter past eight this evening.

#Moon #moonrise #moonglow
September 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Combining bird watching and stargazing.
Well, planetgazing really as that's Mercury. The bird is either a crow or a gull.

Taken looking east from UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #Mercury #Stargazing #Astronomy #Planets
August 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A queue of planets!

Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury were in a neatly spaced row at dawn this morning.

Mercury is fairly faint, so if you can't see it, zoom in to the lower left. Also, I've labelled it and the other planets in the 2nd picture.

#Planets #Dawn #Jupiter #Venus #Mercury #Stargazing
August 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The waning crescent moon lit by sunshine and earthshine.

The bright star to the right of the moon is Kappa Geminorum of the constellation Gemini.

#Moon #CrescentMoon #Stargazing #Astronomy #Gemini
August 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Early morning stargazing.

The Moon, Venus, and Jupiter were near each other in the constellation Gemini this morning.

Taken from UBC, Vancouver, BC, looking east.

#Moon #Venus #Jupiter #Gemini #Astronomy #Stargazing
August 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A Pacific Chorus Frog and a bee on a Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta).

At Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Frog #PacificChorusFrog #Bee #BlackEyedSusan #RudbeckiaHirta
August 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Here's a Pacific Chorus Frog (aka Pacific Tree Frog) resting on the petals of a Black-eyed Susan.

At Lelem Village, UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Frog #PacificChorusFrog #PacificTreeFrog #flower #DarkeyedSusan
August 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Here is my impression of a dragonfly"

A Wood Duck in the pond at Lelem Park flaps its wings after dunking itself.

At UBC, Vancouver, BC.

#Birds #WoodDuck
August 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM