Spring migration in Kitimat
May 13, 2025
Surf scoters Great Blue Herons Harlequin ducks
Tag: great blue heron
April birds in Kitimat
April 30, 2025
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.
Christmas Bird Count 2023
December 20, 2023
On December 16, 2023 Kitimat Valley Naturalists took part in the worldwide Christmas Bird Count, with special permission and guidance to view the natural areas of the Kitimat River estuary in both the RIo Tinto and LNG Canada industrial sites. The weather was cool and overcast, but unlike earlier years no snow or heavy rain […]
October birds in Kitimat
November 3, 2023
This October was a great month to shoot birds in Kitimat, not only in my backyard, but on the ocean at Kitamaat Village and MK Bay Marina.
Great blue heron on Kitimat waterfront
October 11, 2021
A great blue heron stalks the Kitimat waterfront at MK Bay in a stormy fall rain squall.
Christmas bird count 2018 in a snow storm
December 16, 2018
Trumpeter swans, signets and canvasback ducks in the Kitimat River estuary, Dec.15, 2018. (Robin Rowland) My portion of the Christmas Bird Count in the Kitimat River Estuary (courtesy Rio Tinto) was in an afternoon blizzard which cut visibility by up to about 80 per cent at times and was no help to the cameras, […]