I put out a hummingbird feeder on my backdeck each spring. I do get hummingbirds but for some reason they are often few and far between at my house. Today, April 26, a hummingbird arrived just 10 minutes after I put up the feeder.
Sunday April 21, 2024, the date for the monthly shore bird count was a cold, wet, stormy spring morning at MK Bay and Haisla.
The first American robin of spring 2024., a male, appeared in my backyard on Sunday, March 24..
I went out with local birders on Saturday January27 to do the monthly shorebird count. One of the many atmospheric rivers sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean meant heavy rain, fog and some wind. It certainly didn’t stop the birds nor the birders. There were at least 60 probably more common mergansers both at Wahtl […]
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 […]
This October was a great month to shoot birds in Kitimat, not only in my backyard, but on the ocean at Kitamaat Village and MK Bay Marina.