Tag: Christmas Bird Count

Trumpeter swans in the Kitimat Rver

Christmas bird count in the Kitimat estuary

December 17, 2014

A great blue heron sits on some debris in Kitimat harbour, during my annual visit to the estuary for the Christmas bird count, Dec. 14, 2014. (Robin Rowland). There was more late afternoon light than last year .  On the other hand, while my birdwatching colleagues did list lots of species around the area, the […]

Christmas bird count, Kitimat river, estuary and harbour Dec. 17, 2011

December 17, 2011

A trumpeter swan feeds in the Kitimat River Oxbow, during the world wide annual Christmas bird count,  Dec. 17, 2011. The reddish neck comes as the white feathers are stained by high levels of iron oxides in this part of the river as the swan dips into the river to feed. A view of the […]