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
I arrived at high tide, with Wahtl Creek under water. Look carefully there is a great blue heron near the point on the right in the seagrass. (Robin Rowland)
A telephoto shot of the great blue heron in the sea grass. (Robin Rowland)
The great blue heron stuck around, flying and landing for the next three hours.
The Great Blue Heron with a split in the wing feathers was there for most of the time. (Robin Rowland)
The Great Blue Heron with a split in the wing feathers was there for most of the time. (Robin Rowland)
The Great Blue Heron with a split in the wing feathers was there for most of the time. (Robin Rowland)
The Great Blue Heron with a split in the wing feathers was there for most of the time. (Robin Rowland)
The Great Blue Heron with a split in the wing feathers was there for most of the time. (Robin Rowland)
There were also common mergansers at Wahtl Creek.
A female common merganser at Wahtl Creek. (Robin Rowland)
A pair of female common mergansers at Wahtl Creek. (Robin Rowland)
A pair of female common mergansers at Wahtl Creek. (Robin Rowland)
Common mergansers at Wahtl Creeek (Robin Rowland)
The mergansers fly off. (Robin Rowland)
June 30
June 30 was even stormier than June 28. A pair of common loons were close inshore in the swells and successfully fishing
A pair of common loons at Hospital Beach, June 30. (Robin Rowland)
A pair of common loons at Hospital Beach, June 30. (Robin Rowland)
One of the loons makes a successful catch. (Robin Rowland)
A common loon at Hospital Beach, June 30, 2025 (Robin Rowland)
A crow perches on a driftwood log at Hospital Beach. (Robin Rowland)
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