Views of the Kitimat River estuary
December 19, 2016
Some more views of the Kitimat River estuary that I took during the Christmas bird count.
Category: seascape
Juvenile bald eagle over Kitimat harbour
May 9, 2016
As the tide goes out, the ice covering a briny tidal creek collapses, leaving patterned cracks. Minette Bay, Kitimat January 1. 2016. (Robin Rowland) I spent New Year’s Day on the mudflats of Minette Bay, near Kitimat, with other local photographers. At low tide, of course. Ruth and Howard Mills who run the […]
Christmas bird count (and more) Kitimat 2015
December 20, 2015
A juvenile bald eagle surveys the Kitimat River from a log on a sandbar. (Robin Rowland) Once again this year I joined the Kitimat Christmas Bird Count, helping out the Kitimat Valley Naturalists. Here are some of the best shots from that day, Wednesday December 16. 2015. Gulls huddle together on the shore of MK […]
Low tide at MK Bay, Kitimat
December 19, 2015
The December winter sun illuminates moss covered rocks at low tide on the morning of December 16, 2016, at MK Bay, Kitimat. (Robin Rowland)
Calm between storms, slack tide in Kitimat harbour
October 10, 2015
The Hawaiian hurricanes that follow the path of the “Pineapple Express” across the northern Pacific normally dwindle to rain storms by the time they reach the Kitimat Valley. On October 9, 2015, however, what was left of Hurricane Oho was still at tropical storm strength. I was assigned by Global BC to get storm […]
Sun, clouds and rain at MK Bay, Kitimat
August 23, 2015
A view of MK Bay, Kitimat, August 7, 2015. (Robin Rowland)