Bees harvesting nectar from mountain cornflowers
June 6, 2020
A few morning shots of bees harvesting nectar from mountain cornflowers (centaurea montana) in my front garden.
Category: nature
Kitimat Christmas Bird Count 2019
December 15, 2019
For the Christmas Bird Count in Kitimat, there’s usually a lot of ground to cover in a very short period of time–that’s because here in the northwest daylight hours are limited as we get closer to the Winter Solstice. So we started before dawn, which is OK for those who are counting but not so […]
The Kitimat branch line operating trestle bridges
October 7, 2019
The 38.5 mile (62 kilometre) Canadian National Railways branch line from Terrace to Kitimat is one of the last working rail lines in North America that still uses wooden trestle bridges. There are three large and three smaller trestles along the line, as well a large bridge built to cross the Skeena River at Terrace […]
Fall feeding frenzy in my backyard
October 3, 2019
I looked out into my back garden on the morning of October 2, 2019 to see more flocks of birds flying around in an early October downpour. Far more birds than I expected. It is bear season and there are more black bears around town than usual, which means my feeders are currently empty. No […]
The view from Trapline Mountain
August 7, 2019
On Monday August 5, friends invited me along for a trip to Trapline Mountain to photograph the alpine. Trapline Mountain is about 30 kilometres east of Terrace, BC. You get to the mountain first by driving along the road that follows the Copper River and then taking a rough access road to the peak. At […]
Bald eagle takes off and more
March 10, 2019
Christmas bird count 2018 in a snow storm
December 16, 2018
Trumpeter swans, signets and canvasback ducks in the Kitimat River estuary, Dec.15, 2018. (Robin Rowland) My portion of the Christmas Bird Count in the Kitimat River Estuary (courtesy Rio Tinto) was in an afternoon blizzard which cut visibility by up to about 80 per cent at times and was no help to the cameras, […]