July “Buck” full moon over Kitimat
July 22, 2024
Tag: British Columbia
A visit to the Nisga’a lava beds
June 5, 2024
I just returned from my trip to Prince Rupert and the Khutzeymateen when I was on the road again to the traditional territory of the Nisga’a Nation to see the Nisga’a Museum and the famous Nisga’a lava beds. The original trip by the Kitimat Museum and Archives was cancelled when Covid began and was rescheduled […]
Grizzly bears in Khutzeymateen
June 5, 2024
On May 29, 2024, I took the Prince Rupert Adventure Tours tour of the Khutzeymateen grizzly sanctuary. Here are the shots of the grizzlies, one black bear and the landscape. The first bear we spotted as a black bear at Tsampanaknok Bay. Then deeper in to the Khutzeymateen we spotted a grizzly swimming along the […]
Humpback “Wally” bubble feeding at Khutzeymateen
June 4, 2024
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 […]
Humpback Aurora, eagles, seagulls and sealions
June 4, 2024
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 […]
Portrait of a raven
June 2, 2024
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 kingfisher and the fish
May 14, 2024
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 […]