We’ve had stormy weather in Kitimat for days now. Yet when the sun has come up each morning, there is a break in the clouds that produces wonderful golden hour morning light on what’s left of the fall leaves. First two mountain ash with other trees in the background lighting up the silhouette. Number three moss and fungus tree against the sky, some red berries so likely mountain ash.
Hundreds showed up at City Centre Mall in Kitimat, Dec. 7, 2025 for the Light Up Kitimat Christmas ceremony. That was despite a Yellow Heavy Rain warning. The rain did pour down as Santa arrived in a Kitimat Fire and Rescue truck.
Winter weather in Kitimat varies a lot. We had the first heavy snowfall overnight on November 25 to November 26. Then during the day there was rain and fog and thaw. On November 27, it was a bright, cold sunny day.
For the November bird count, Sunday, November 16, 2025, the weather was not cooperating. Cool, wet with a blowing wind and mixture of rain and sleet. Visibility was poor but in Haisla, at the Kitamaat Village waterfront, a small murder of crows stopped nearby. Veteran birders in British Columbia would call the smaller bird a […]
