The first of a projected series of atmospheric rivers hit Kitimat on the afternoon of September 21. To my surprise there was lively and heavy bird activity in my backyard, including more than a dozen dark-eyed juncos, five of the steller’s jays that live in the trees by my house, a couple of northern flickers, […]
Kitmat BC’s official motto is “A Marvel of Nature and Industry.” Even so I don’t get much of a chance to take a photograph that illustrates that idea. September 9 did give me an opporunity. A beautiful early fall night. I first stepped out, the rising 31.1% waxing ccrescent moon was over Douglas Channel, along […]
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 […]
On our return journey on May 29, 2024, on Prince Rupert Adventure Tours, heading back to Rupert on Chatham Sound between the large Tugwell Island and the smaller Carr Island we spooted the blow of a humpback whale. I submitted a photograph of the humpback to the Happy Whale identification site and the whale was […]
On May 30, as I was driving back from Prince Rupert, it was raining. I usually stop at the Telegraph Creek rest stop and that day was no different. I got out of the car and there was a raven perched on the Skeena River side of the shelter. It was if the raven was […]
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 […]