Our goose population in Vancouver is growing by 18% a year. Our human population is growing at 1%.

If you are in Vancouver and want to see wildlife, there is no better spot than Jericho Beach Park. The Pond at Jericho Beach is a favourite of local birders and a wildlife hotspot. Visit Jericho on any given day, and you might see: beavers, herons, owls, kingfishers, turtles, otters, muskrats, and bald eagles.

For a few years I had my own, real-life, secret forest hermit in Vancouver who would teach me things. I learned an incredible amount from him about the forest. And then I stopped finding him in the forest. The forest seemed to notice his absence. A few months later I found out he had died.