Category: Alpha 55

Winter skies in Kitimat

Winter 2025 has been spectacular for photographing from my front yard and in some cases bedroom window.  The planets Jupiter, Saturn and Venus were visible at times  and capping it off was the lunar eclipse on March 14, 2025.  On the other hand we had a lot of rain and heavy overcast but not much […]

Birds in a storm

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, […]

The Flare

To modify an old saying(or curse) “May you live in interesting light.” Photography is all about light. Woke up just before 5 am this morning, looked out the window and the fog was so thick I could hardly see across the street. Then a few minutes later, the fog lifted. So images of the LNG […]

The first Rufous Hummingbird of spring 2024

I put out a hummingbird feeder on my backdeck each spring. I do get hummingbirds but for some reason they are often few and far between at my house. Today, April 26, a hummingbird arrived just 10 minutes after I put up the feeder.