April birds in Kitimat

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A bald eagle on the old stump at MK Bay, April 26, 2025. (Robin Rowland)

 

A bald eagle watches from the old stump at MK Bay while two sailboats head down Douglas Channel at high tide on a gorgeous April 26 Saturday at noon. (Robin Rowland)

 

Sometime later the bald eagle takes flight. (Robin Rowland)

 

The bald eagle flies along Wahtl Creek, with a Great Blue Heron and a large number of ducks seen in the distance. April 26. (Robin Rowland)

 

The bald eagle flies along Wahtl Creek, passing Kitamaat Village. (Robin Rowland)

 

Another view of the Great Blue Heron and ducks in the distance. (Robin Rowland)

 

A male and female common merganser in Wahtl Creek, near MK Bay, April 26. (Robin Rowland)

 

A male and female common merganser in Wahtl Creek, near MK Bay, April 26. (Robin Rowland)

 

A dispute between two Bonaparte’s gulls and a herrring gull at Minette Bay West Park, April 26, (Robin Rowland)

 

A steller’s jay feeds in fallen leaves in the Cormorant St. gully, April 25. (Robin Rowland)

 

A steller’s jay feeds in fallen leaves in the Cormorant St. gully, April 25. (Robin Rowland)

 

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