Category: Kitimat

Summer birding photos in Kitimat

A selection of some of my bird photographs so far for the summer of 2023 On August 24, there was a three hour power failure in Kitimat. With not much else to do and because it was a sunny and warm afternoon I sat out on my back deck. One of the steller’s jays that […]

A rare winter bird in Kitimat, Townsend’s solitaire (plus a couple of eagles)

A visitor to my backyard mountain ash tree the past couple of days (February 9 and 10, 2023) a Townsend’s Solitaire (myadestes townsendi).  It is a thrush, usually found further inland along the Pacific Northwest but rare on the coast, especially in winter. a UPDATE:  February 13, 2023.  The Townsend’s solitaire back on Monday afternoon. […]