Ross Churchley

A dark crab stands on a wet sandy surface, partially submerged in the foam of an incoming wave.

Photo of the day for 2025-04-14

Canada • BC • Tofino

A squirrel sits on a log, holding and eating a seed with its paws.

Photo of the day for 2025-04-13

Canada • BC • Burnaby • Burnaby Lake

A bee flies towards a cluster of pink flowers against a bright blue sky.

Photo of the day for 2025-04-02

Canada • BC • Richmond • Steveston

Purple lupin flowers bloom tall in a grassy field.

Photo of the day for 2025-04-01

Canada • BC • Richmond • Steveston

A pink lotus flower floats on a green lily pad in still water. A dragonfly rests on a petal.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-31

Canada • BC • Burnaby • Simon Fraser University

A crow with wings outstretched and beak open in the middle of a clear blue sky. A branch of the evergreen tree from which the crow launched itself is just visible at the edge of the frame.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-12

Canada • BC • Richmond • West Dyke Trail

Two ducklings swim along the still waters of a narrow channel or creek. Their down is fuzzy and mostly grey-brown with a touch of yellow, with their adult feathers just starting to grow in. The water reflects the green of the surrounding wetland grasses. The photo is at a slight angle with the line of motion going up and to the right.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-11

Canada • BC • Burnaby • Burnaby Lake

A closeup of a heron wading next to a small log in the shallows of a brown river.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-10

Canada • BC • Burnaby • Fraser Foreshore Trail

A seagull flies overhead. The sky is a deep azure blue and framed with wispy clouds.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-09

Canada • BC • Salish Sea

Two people row a canoe through a lilypad-covered lake. The background consists of a thicket of reeds in front of a cluster of deciduous bushes, which in turn is in front of a coniferous forest. The entire photo is green aside from the blue and red shirts of the canoers.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-07

Canada • BC • Burnaby • Burnaby Lake

An orange and purple sunset over Snek’w7étkwe (Thompson River)

Photo of the day for 2025-02-22

Canada • BC • Kamloops • Riverside Park

Kulshan (Mt Baker) viewed from across the Salish Sea, clad in the reddish hues of the sunset.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-21

Canada • BC • Oak Bay

The sun nears the horizon over the Fraser River and the Knight Street bridge. The sky, dotted with clouds, fades from yellow on the horizon to deep blue overhead.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-20

Canada • BC • Vancouver

The sun sets below a layer of clouds on the ocean horizon. The entire photo is bathed in a golden hue.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-17

Canada • BC • Tofino

A silhouette of a seagull against a sunset, above Vancouver's North Shore mountains and an illuminated ship.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-16

Canada • BC • Salish Sea

The silhouette of a heron perched atop a tree, against the red clouds and blue sky at sunset

Photo of the day for 2025-02-08

Japan • Kyōto • Maruyama Park

A small kingfisher sits on a concrete block in front of a shallow green river

Photo of the day for 2025-02-06

Japan • Kyōto • Kamo River

A colony of white egrets roost on a tree with yellowing leaves

Photo of the day for 2025-02-05

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Asano River

A group of large-billed crows surround and pick at a small tree stump

Photo of the day for 2025-02-04

Japan • Tōkyō • Shibuya • Yoyogi Park

A heron stands in a river below and facing a short waterfall

Photo of the day for 2025-02-02

Japan • Kyōto • Kamo River

A wooden bridge spans a river, with autumn colours covering the hills in the background

Photo of the day for 2025-01-12

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Asano River

The browning leaves of dormant water lilies cover Shinobazu Pond. In the background, a willow and other trees stand in Ueno Park.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-11

Japan • Tōkyō • Taitō • Ueno Park

A pier on the Fraser River is bathed in the gold light of the low winter sun

Photo of the day for 2025-01-04

Canada • BC • Vancouver

The North Shore mountains as seen from SFU, with red and orange trees in the foreground.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-03

Canada • BC • Burnaby • Lhuḵw'lhuḵw'áyten (Burnaby Mountain)