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Little guy was eating another bird while looking at us

What is this?!

In mixed forest

Davis Lake Provincial Park, BC, Canada

Blue-brown-white flier on a stick. Maybe 3 inches wide.

Blue flier on dried chicory stick, raised tail higher as I took photos/moved closer.

Black flier an inch or so wide, in the shade, on wooden box

5 centimeters long and making such a clattering racket I was worried some animal had gotten into the house.

Location: a community-maintained wildflower garden in an East London alleyway

Moth on porch. Stayed several hours, long past dark.

Wingspan approximately 5 inches. Stayed in same spot on porch ceiling for well over an hour.

Turtle approximately 5 inches wide. (Yes, I moved it out of the road.)

Red headed, brown/red bodied bird in center of photo on pear branch

Black snake, maybe 18 inches long. Found living under an outside water dish.

Anole approximately 5 inches long on a porch screen.

Calling loudly in small drainage ditch

3' tall shrub

I am questioning this one because it has teeth rather than pores, but with this colour I don't know what else it might be.

Also known as Black footed polypore. Note its little slug buddy. Young Sitka spruce western hemlock forest

Habitat: Old-growth conifer forest
Substrate: soil
Notes: Pink fruit with dark pink branch tips

Spider's abdomen larger than a penny, much bigger than the pea-sized widows we normally see; red marks. Circular body on long legs. Possibly 2 inches long leg-to-leg.