Cackling geese (Branta hutchnisi) make look like Canada Geese, but they’re a separate species, smaller (close to the size of a mallard duck) with a shorter neck, rounder head and a stubbier bill. The west coast species often spend summers in the Aleutian Islands and then fly south to the Central Valley of California, so these probably stopped in Kitimat on their way south.
The El Santuario de Chimayó in Chimayo, New Mexico, is a sacred piligrimmage site considered one of the most important Catholic shrines in the United States, sometimes called the “Lourdes of the Americas,” since dirt at the sanctuary has a reputation for healing. It is a National Historic Landmark in the United States, part of […]
Three of the candidates for the riding of Skeena Bulkley Valley came to Kitimat’s Mt. Elizabeth Theatre on April 15, Taylor Bachrarch, NDP, Ellis Ross, Conservative and Rod Taylor Christian Heritage. The Liberal Inderapal Dhillon and Green Adeana Young were no shows.
After a winter of mostly wet, overcast, low light, awful weather, spring has returned to Kitimat and Haisla. So a few images from the March 30, shorebird count by the Kitimat Valley Naturalists.
