Category: forest

A visit to the Nisga’a lava beds

I just returned from my trip to Prince Rupert and the Khutzeymateen when I was on the road again to the traditional territory of the Nisga’a Nation to see the Nisga’a Museum and the famous Nisga’a lava beds. The original trip by the Kitimat Museum and Archives was cancelled when Covid began and was rescheduled […]

Spring hike in old growth Kitimat River Provincial Park

On April 6, I took a spring hike in Kitimat River Provincial Park  Kitimat River Park protects two parcels of small but highly productive old-growth Sitka spruce and red cedar forest on the natural floodplain and fluvial terraces of the Kitimat River. It also protects grizzly bear habitat and culturally modified trees The hike was […]

Beauty in a stormy atmospheric river

While out birding on January 27, 2024, I also took images of the surrounding landscape during the atmospheric river storm. Given the “atmosphere” I converted all to black and white.

Polar vortex January 2024, the view from my window

There was a polar vortex over most of western North America for the past few days, with temperatures in Kitimat from -16 C with windchills as much as -30 at times. I did not venture out into the cold. All the photographs were taken from my upstairs bedroom with my Samsung Android S23, with the […]

A juvenile raven comes calling

A family of ravens lives in a tree down the street from me.  I have often seen what I believe to be the same pair overhead for the past several years, often just enjoying flying around.   There are other ravens around, of course, and I often see them overhead or in the trees in the […]