Category: birds

Birding on assignment

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 […]

A walk in the greenwood. Squirrels and pine siskins

My morning walk on Monday June 2, through the forested “gully” or “play gully” near my home was one of the reasons I love living in the northwest.  It was peaceful, different species of birds chirping and the light through the trees was amazing. There was also wildlife. Time for cute.  I first  managed to […]

Portrait of a crow

During the May shorebird count at Haisla, a fearless crow came up right close to the birders, apparently attracted by some salmon eggs that someone had scattered on a nearby driftwood log.         ;

Spring birds at the Kitimat waterfront

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.