If you don't mind crossing the border to Greater Vancouver, I can recommend Boundary Bay (e.g. Centennial Beach, Blackie Spit), Tsawwassen/Roberts Bank, Iona Park, Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Maplewood Conservation Area. I could go on.

LOL. I recently described this photo as showing a spiraling universe. Sandhill crane eyes are quite mesmerizing.

Oh, I love Miss Fisher! Apt comparison.

Shaggy ink cap mushroom. Its gills "melt", or deliquesce, to release the spores.

Steller's jay!