Fall reflections at low tide at Minette Bay
October 14, 2017
Category: Kitimat
A windswept tree at Kitamaat Village
October 14, 2017
Cackling Geese at Whatl Creek and more
October 14, 2017
Cackling geese (Branta hutchnisi) make look like Canada Geese, but they’re a separate species, smaller (close to the size of a mallard duck) with a shorter neck, rounder head and a stubbier bill. The west coast species often spend summers in the Aleutian Islands and then fly south to the Central Valley of California, so […]
A murder of crows along the Kitamaat Village waterfront
August 14, 2017
A murder of crows flies along the Kitamaat Village waterfront, Sunday, August 13, 2017, during the North West Photo Fest photo walk on the village seawall. Sony A77 with Minolta 500mm f/8 RF mirror lens(Robin Rowland)
Stormy weather at Minette Bay
August 13, 2017
Heavy rainstorm at Minette Bay, Saturday, August 12, 2017 (Robin Rowland) This is a colour image, not black and white. Sony Alpha 711 with Sony G 70-300 lens
Swallows at Whatl Creek
July 15, 2017
Went out to Whatl Creek on Wednesday morning as the Kitimat Valley Naturalists conducted the monthly bird count. At Whatl Creek swallows were darting from tree to tree, skimming the surface of the creek and hunting insects across the estuary since it was low tide. Normally swallows are very difficult to capture, as I have […]
A Eurasian collared dove hanging around my backyard
July 4, 2017
Here in Kitimat, you hear the “cooing” of doves more frequently these days. The naturalists say the mourning dove (zenaida macroura)more common in southern British Columbia has been moving north, enticed by the changing climate. Other members of the family Columbidae that from time to time visit the Kitimat Valley are the band-tailed pigeon and […]