July “Buck” full moon over Kitimat
July 22, 2024
Tag: Douglas Channel
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 […]
Storm over the harbour
April 23, 2024
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 full “sap moon” heralds spring
March 25, 2024
The first full moon that comes after the spring equinox, which marks the change from astronomical winter to astronomical spring is often called the sap moon (the sap is running) or the worm moon (worms appear in the soil). Also called the Lenten moon, since the Christian Easter is always the first Sunday following the […]
Beauty in a stormy atmospheric river
January 30, 2024
While out birding on January 27, 2024, I also took images of the surrounding landscape during the atmospheric river storm. Given the “atmosphere” I converted all to black and white.
Birding in an atmospheric river
January 30, 2024
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 […]
Polar vortex January 2024, the view from my window
January 15, 2024
There was a polar vortex over most of western North America for the past few days, with temperatures in Kitimat from -16 C with windchills as much as -30 at times. I did not venture out into the cold. All the photographs were taken from my upstairs bedroom with my Samsung Android S23, with the […]