Bald eagles mating at the old stump at MK Bay, March 30, 2025. (Robin Rowland)
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.
Bald eagles on the old stump at MK Bay, March 30. (Robin Rowland)
The bald eagles on the old stump at MK Bay with one of the Haisla tugs in background in the Kitmat Arm during a bird count March 30. (Robin Rowland)
Later the bald eagles took to the air. (Robin Rowland)
The eagles overhead flushed the ducks along the mouth of Wahtl Creek near MK Bay. (Robin Rowland)
A belted kingfisher on old dolphins at MK Bay marina, March 30. 2025. (Robin Rowland)
Another belted kingfisher in flight at Haisla. (Robin Rowland)
Harlequin ducks at Haisla, March 30, 2025. (Robin Rowland)
A flock of ducks offshore at Haisla, March 30. 2025. (Robin Rowland)
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