Tag: Bird photography

Birding on assignment

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 […]

A walk in the greenwood. Squirrels and pine siskins

My morning walk on Monday June 2, through the forested “gully” or “play gully” near my home was one of the reasons I love living in the northwest.  It was peaceful, different species of birds chirping and the light through the trees was amazing. There was also wildlife. Time for cute.  I first  managed to […]

Portrait of a crow

During the May shorebird count at Haisla, a fearless crow came up right close to the birders, apparently attracted by some salmon eggs that someone had scattered on a nearby driftwood log.         ;

Birds in a storm

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, […]