A humpback officially named “Wally” by Happy Whale is one of the best known humpbacks on the northern British Columbia coast. Those people in Prince Rupert who have observed him (sex determined by DNA testing) often call him “two dots” because of the distinctive two dots on his tail fluke. According to the Happy Whale […]
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 […]
Sunday April 21, 2024, the date for the monthly shore bird count was a cold, wet, stormy spring morning at MK Bay and Haisla.
I went out with local birders on Saturday January27 to do the monthly shorebird count. One of the many atmospheric rivers sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean meant heavy rain, fog and some wind. It certainly didn’t stop the birds nor the birders. There were at least 60 probably more common mergansers both at Wahtl […]
On December 16, 2023 Kitimat Valley Naturalists took part in the worldwide Christmas Bird Count, with special permission and guidance to view the natural areas of the Kitimat River estuary in both the RIo Tinto and LNG Canada industrial sites. The weather was cool and overcast, but unlike earlier years no snow or heavy rain […]
Saturday morning, September 9, 2022 was my last day in London. With an afternoon flight, that morning, I walked down to the Thames from my hotel, enjoyed the late summer sun and photographed the birds gathered along the low tide shoreline. There were boaters and scullers on the water and people walking along the shore […]
Just to the east of Exmouth, Devon, you find the “Triassic Coast,” the western most part of Britain’s famous UNESCO World Heritage “Jurassic Coast.” Wikipedia says of Orcombe Point “At the base are cross-bedded sandstones. Towards the top, the rock types are those deposited by quieter, slower-flowing waters (i.e. siltstones and mudstones). The sediments are markedly […]