{"id":8589,"date":"2012-08-15T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/?p=8589"},"modified":"2021-06-14T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:53:49","slug":"chasing-birds-on-granville-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/chasing-birds-on-granville-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Birds on Granville Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Granville Island Public Market\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/granville-island-public-market\/\">Granville Island<\/a> is one of my favorite places. Aside from being a ubiquitous Vancouver attraction, it\u2019s simply a great place to spend an afternoon because there is something for the whole family. Cool shops and galleries, public art, buskers, the food booths in the Market, yummy restaurants, the spray park, False Creek, boats, a playground, kids market, Adventure Zone and of course people watching.<\/p>\n<p>However, the one thing that my kids love doing best is tormenting the birds; it is always a highlight of their trip. I almost feel sorry for the gulls and the pigeons but judging from the amount of food they managed to scavenge, they are doing just fine \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8596\" title=\"bird in flight on Granville Island\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2012\/08\/bird-in-flight.jpg\" alt=\"bird in flight on Granville Island\" width=\"336\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8598\" title=\"helen mid flight on Granville Island\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2012\/08\/helen-mid-flight.jpg\" alt=\"helen mid flight on Granville Island\" width=\"236\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8595\" title=\"billy chasing pigeons on Granville Island\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2012\/08\/billy-chasing-pigeons.jpg\" alt=\"billy chasing pigeons on Granville Island\" width=\"448\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8597\" title=\"contemplating ducks on Granville Island\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2012\/08\/contemplating-ducks.jpg\" alt=\"contemplating ducks on Granville Island\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granville Island is one of my favorite places. 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