Christmas Bird Count 2024 Kitimat estuary
December 16, 2024
My best shots from the 2024 Christmas Bird Count in the Kitimat River estuary.
Category: wetland
The fight to save Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
March 29, 2024
I was shocked to read in the New York Times this week in Margret Renkl’s column that the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, is in danger of being destroyed by, of all things, a strip mine. She reports that there is wide spread opposition to the mine from across the political spectrum in generally […]
Christmas Bird Count 2023
December 20, 2023
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 […]
The Bowling Green Nature Reserve, Topsham
August 30, 2022
During my trip to Topsham, Devon, I visited the Bowling Green Marsh Nature Reserve. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Bowling Green Nature Reserve is on the junction of the River Exe and the River Clyst, close Topsham. The Lookout Hide viewing platform is described as “an ideal spot to watch birds up […]
Early summer is often a great time to photograph birds in the Kitimat Valley.
New Year’s Day at Minette Bay
January 2, 2018
Photos from the annual local photographers’ walk around Minette Bay. The deepest cold passed, leaving ice everywhere. There was a heavy overcast and occasional fog. Previous New Year’s walks January 1, 2017 January 1, 2016
On the Kitimat waterfront in black and white
July 14, 2017
A couple of Kitimat scenes in black and white