A family of starlings and more backyard birds
October 2, 2026
Tag: Bird
It’s Lake Ontario
August 27, 2026
After Donald Trump arbitrarily and foolishly signed an Executive Order changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, an idea that is ridiculous. The name predates both the United States and Canada, Huron Indigenous people’s word “oniatarí:io,” which means “lake of shining waters.” Here a few of the photographs of LAKE ONTARIO from my […]
A walk in the greenwood. Squirrels and pine siskins
June 3, 2025
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
May 15, 2025
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. ;
Christmas Bird Count 2024 Kitimat estuary
December 16, 2024
My best shots from the 2024 Christmas Bird Count in the Kitimat River estuary.
Birds in a storm
September 21, 2024
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, […]
September skies
September 13, 2024
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 […]