A northern flicker lands on my back deck during an atmospheric river. Sept 21. Shot through a screen window. (Robin Rowland)
The first of a projected series of atmospheric rivers hit Kitimat on the afternoon of September 21. To my surprise there was lively and heavy bird activity in my backyard, including more than a dozen dark-eyed juncos, five of the steller’s jays that live in the trees by my house, a couple of northern flickers, a female purple finch and a song sparrow.
A northern flicker lands on my back deck during an atmospheric river. Sept 21. Shot through a screen window. (Robin Rowland)
A northern flicker near my back fence during an atmospheric river. Sept 21. (Robin Rowland)
A aong sparrow lands on my back deck during an atmospheric river. Sept 21. (Robin Rowland)
A female purple finch lands on my back deck during an atmos
I don’t usually go out to the waterfront for birding in squally and rainy weather. This weekend I was on a photo assignment to shoot the arrival and departure of the LNG tanker GasLog Glasgow. That meant were lots of opportunities at Wahtl Creek and MK Bay in Kitimat, BC on June 28. June 28 […]
The first shipment of kiquefied natural gas from the LNG Canada facility here in Kitimat departed on on a rainy and squally afternoon of June 30, the GasLog Glasgow arrived very early on June 28, loaded the shipment and then departed for Korea on June 30. Images shot on assignment for The Globe and […]