Fledgling steller’s jay
July 28, 2025
Steller’s jays live in the trees in my backyard. A fledgling takes its first venture into the world.
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Birding on assignment
July 3, 2025
I don’t usually go out to the waterfront for birding in squally and rainy weather. This weekend I was on a photo assignment to shoot the arrival and departure of the LNG tanker GasLog Glasgow. That meant were lots of opportunities at Wahtl Creek and MK Bay in Kitimat, BC on June 28. June 28 […]
The first shipment of kiquefied natural gas from the LNG Canada facility here in Kitimat departed on on a rainy and squally afternoon of June 30, the GasLog Glasgow arrived very early on June 28, loaded the shipment and then departed for Korea on June 30. Images shot on assignment for The Globe and […]
Canada Day Parade July 1 2025
July 2, 2025
The high flare
June 19, 2025
The natural gas flare rises an estimated 60 metres above a tower at the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, BC, June 18. Beginning on June 16, the extensive flaring is part of the flushing and cool down process prior to the liquified natural gas plant becoming operational. The flare height will vary between 20 metres […]
In memory of Buzz Hargrove
June 16, 2025
In memory of the late Basil “Buzz” Hargrove (1944-2025) , president of the Canadian Autoworkers Union from 1998 to 2008, who on August 23, 2005, took time out from CAW negotiations with Ford to express solidarity with the locked out CBC employees. CBC News story Labour giant, former Canadian Auto Workers head Buzz Hargrove […]
The nights of the Strawberry Moon
June 13, 2025
June’s Strawberry Moon was spectacular in Kitimat. In the moon’s cycle of an elliptical orbit it is its lowest point in the 18.6 years cycle. That meant the moon was low over Douglas Channel making for some great photos. The June 9 photos were taken with my Sony RX10iii, the other morning photos are a […]