Category: birds

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron at Minette Bay, Kitimat

I was assigned by CBC News to shoot stock images of Kitimat in anticipation of the federal government approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline and terminal project later this month. So as well as my video camera, I took along my DSLR. I shot video of the Great Blue Heron as it waded along the […]

Crow flies

Watch your gear!

Sometimes the most interesting things are happening behind you. A crow flies past my gear bag. I heard the crow’s call and turned from shooting birds at MK Bay to catch this shot.

Cottonwood and alders along the Skeena

Fall colours along the Skeena

The falls colours along the Skeena can be fleeting. For a while the cottonwoods are changing, while the alders remain green or begin to change to yellow. A few days later, the time I drove along the Skeena in the middle of October 2013, the tall black cottonwoods have quickly lost their leaves, while the […]

bald eagle

Bald eagles

A bald eagle flies over the water at the east end of Kaien Island just before the Prince Rupert Port Edward turnoff, June 3, 2013. (Robin Rowland) A bald eagle circles over the mountain on the mainland at the turnoff. (Robin Rowland) An eagle skims the ocean, hunting for prey. (Robin Rowland) There were actually […]

Stellar jay fledge

The adventures of the stellar jay fledglings

  Early last Sunday morning I heard the thump of a bird hitting the glass door that leads out to my deck. I looked out and saw the bird stagger around the deck then take wing and land on the table on the deck. Birds do hit the door a few times a year and […]

Male pine grosbeak in a tree

Splish, splash, the pine grosbeak are taking a bath

On my morning walk, there are lots of small birds flying around and they’re often hard to catch with a camera. Today, walking down Haisla Hill in Kitimat, the birds settled into a muddy drainage ditch. Here you see a female, left, and male, right with the bright red feathers, enjoying the flow of water […]