The oolichan, the tiny oil rich fish that sustained the First Nations of British Columbia for millenia come up the rivers in the early spring. At least they come up those rivers where oolichan (Thaleichthys pacificus) still survive. Like the salmon, the oolichan live their adult lives in the ocean and then return to their […]
A Great Blue Heron perches on a tree overlooking the Kitimat River during the Christmas Bird Count, December 15, 2012. The bird count photo op wasn’t as good this year as it was last year. It was just as overcast with low late December light, but this time it was high tide with wind gusts […]
So one of the “rules of photography,” especially nature photography, is you don’t shoot on a clear, bright, blue sky, summer afternoon with the sun high overhead. So today I broke all those rules and got a shot I’ve been trying to get for some time–the “white raven.” So what is a “white raven?” One […]
For the past month or so, the weather in Kitimat has been miserable. Even long term residents say this fall (like the entire summer) has been unusually wet. It’s been snow, rain, snow, rain, snow rain for most of November. The culprit, according to the experts, is La Nina, which brought too much snow (even […]
For the second time this summer, a fledgling has taken refuge on my back deck and just stayed there. A few weeks ago it was a young robin. On Monday, it was a fledgling stellar jay. I had just got home and the young bird was sitting right under my feeder, not moving. the summer […]
Rather crowded lunchtime at my feeder, July 31, 2011.
Sometimes the photos come to you. Be prepared. I have my Sony Alpha 850 with the Sigma 170-500mm on the dining room table to shoot the birds that come to my feeder. It had been a slow week at the feeder On Wednesday morning, a fledgling robin suddenly lands on my back deck, and not […]