Category: birds
A couple of bird shots
Humpback Aurora, eagles, seagulls and sealions
On our return journey on May 29, 2024, on Prince Rupert Adventure Tours, heading back to Rupert on Chatham Sound between the large Tugwell Island and the smaller Carr Island we spooted the blow of a humpback whale. I submitted a photograph of the humpback to the Happy Whale identification site and the whale was […]
Portrait of a raven
On May 30, as I was driving back from Prince Rupert, it was raining. I usually stop at the Telegraph Creek rest stop and that day was no different. I got out of the car and there was a raven perched on the Skeena River side of the shelter. It was if the raven was […]
The kingfisher and the fish
The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is often hard to photograph. The bird may perch long enough to catch a couple of shots, then it dives into the water to catch a fish, or flies off to another location to watch for prey. During the monthly shore bird count in Kitimat and Haisla, one kingfisher remained […]
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.
Storm over the harbour
Sunday April 21, 2024, the date for the monthly shore bird count was a cold, wet, stormy spring morning at MK Bay and Haisla.