Mallard duck mayhem

For the second time this week we ventured over to Westham Island and took in a visit to the bird sanctuary, which I think is my favourite place in Ladner, if not, Greater Vancouver. We had first come to see the famous snow geese, but, unbeknownst to us, it was low tide and we then learnt that there is good eating in the shoreline reeds at low tide, so they were miles away; just a mass of white in the distance. And although I was a little disappointed that we didn't get to see them up close, we still had a grand old time feeding the huge number of mallard ducks that always seem to be there. On this day though, we came at high tide; determined to catch a nearby glimpse of the elusive snow geese......