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Posts Tagged “Kitamaat Village”

June birding: An immature bald eagle, western tanager and more

Early summer is often a great time to photograph birds in the Kitimat Valley.

An immature (about two and half years old) bald eagle near Kitamaat Village. (Robin Rowland)

An immature (about two and half years old) bald eagle near Kitamaat Village. (Robin Rowland)

A soggy crow near Kitamaat Village. (Robin Rowland)

Fledgling starlings in flight in the wetland waterfront of Kitamaat Village (Robin Rowland)

A pair of bald eagles at MK Bay. (Robin Rowland)

A western tanager in a tree near MK Bay. (Robin Rowland)

A western tanager in a tree near MK Bay. (Robin Rowland)

 

June 24, 2022 Robin Rowland
birds, crow, eagle, Kitamaat Village, Kitimat, Photography, Sony RX10iii, wetlandbald eagle , Bird , Bird photography , birds , crow , Douglas Channel , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , MK Bay , starling , western tanager

A mink on a log. How I got the shot (plus some bald eagles)

A mink (neogale vison) on a driftwood log at the Kitamaat Village beach, February 12, 2022 (Robin Rowland)

It was a cool, over cast Saturday afternoon when I accompanied birders from the Kitimat Valley Naturalists on the monthly shorebird count.

Just after we arrived at our first stop, the Kitamaat Village seawall and beach in Haisla traditional territory, I (and the others) saw something out of the corner of my eye, a flash of black with a tail scampering along a driftwood log on the beach.  A few minutes later the animal appeared again, coming up from another log. So while the birders put up their scopes and scanned the shoreline, I walked up on a pile of dirt and kept watch for the mammal.

I kept watch.  It was dashing along the logs and under others.  Had the camera on high speed burst mode and missed it about twenty or so times.

Then the mink decided to pause (or to do me a favour) and stopped on one log, looked up and I captured this portrait.  It looked around and then dashed into a hollow log and disappeared.

A mink (neogale vison) on a driftwood log at the Kitamaat Village beach, February 12, 2022 (Robin Rowland)

Cloudy day.  Sony RX10M3, Iso Auto shooting at 2000 ASA. 1/1000 at F4.

A lot of other usual shots, even at low tide the beach is far off so it’s often hard to get good shots.

Then I spotted a bald eagle high over Douglas Channel.

A bald eagle flies over Douglas Channel. (Robin Rowland)

 

Then I got lucky again, the eagle flew right toward the beach, coming in for a landing.

 

Bald eagle coming in for a landing at Kitamaat Village beach. (Robin Rowland)

 

And then perched on a driftwood stump.

 

A bald eagle perches on a driftwood stump in late February afternoon sun at Kitamaat Village, Feb. 12, 2022. (Robin Rowland)

 

A bald eagle perches on a stump in Kitamaat Village, (Robin Rowland

 

 

February 14, 2022 Robin Rowland
birds, Douglas Channel, Kitamaat Village, Kitimat, landscape, mink, Photography, seascape, Sony RX10iii, winterbald eagle , Bird , Bird photography , birds , British Columbia , Douglas Channel , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , mink , ocean

“It’s not a costume” Racism protest in Kitimat

On Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, a student at Kitimat’s Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School wore traditional regalia for picture day. At that time a teacher allegedly asked the student “What’s the costume.” This led to a protest against racism the following day by indigenous and non-indigenous students supported by members of the Haisla Nation and Kitimat residents on Nov. 2.

Members of the Haisla Nation and supporters from Kitimat gathered at Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 (Robin Rowland)

Greg Smith and his grandson Greg Bolton at the protest. (Robin Rowland)

Students, many in regalia, supported the protest. (Robin Rowland)

Students supported the protest. (Robin Rowland)

Shelley Bolton of the Haisla Braid Singers led the group in protest songs. (Robin Rowland)

Elders and residential school survivors joined the protest despite the poor weather. (Robin Rowland)

Video: Story I shot for Global News.‘It’s not a costume’: B.C. teacher’s alleged mocking of student’s Indigenous regalia sparks protest

Statement from the Haisla Nation (on the school board site)
 

Statement from Coast Mountain School District 82

November 3, 2021 Robin Rowland
demonstration, Haisla Nation, Kitamaat Village, Kitimat, news photo, Photoblog, Photography, protest, Reconciliation, Sony RX10iii, video, Visual journalismFirst Nations , Haisla Braid Singers , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School , protest , regalia

Great blue heron on Kitimat waterfront

A great blue heron stalks the Kitimat waterfront at MK Bay in a stormy fall rain squall.

October 11, 2021 Robin Rowland
autumn, BC, birds, black and white, Douglas Channel, heron, Kitamaat Village, Kitimat, nature, rain, seabird, seascape, stormBird , Bird photography , birds , Black-and-white , Douglas Channel , great blue heron , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat

Portraits of Northwestern Crows

The weather in Kitimat has been awful during most of the fall, cold, windy, rainy, foggy and generally miserable. Not unexpected in a La Nina year.
I went down to Kitamaat Village for the monthly bird count in a rain squall. So the visibility was pretty bad. As I was about to leave, a half dozen northwestern crows landed right beside me, in the pouring rain and stayed long enough for me to shoot their portraits.

October 11, 2021 Robin Rowland
BC, birds, crow, Douglas Channel, Kitamaat Village, Kitimat, nature, Photoblog, Sony RX10iiiBird , Bird photography , birds , British Columbia , crow , Douglas Channel , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , rain , storm , Weather

People of the Snow Truth and Reconciliation in Kitimat

Members of the Haisla Nation and people of Kitimat braved an Environment Canada storm warning with heavy rain and wind on September 30, 2021 to mark The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Haisla elder Marilyn Furlan opened the proceedings with a prayer. (Robin Rowland)

 

Most participants wore orange to mark the other name, Orange Shirt Day. It marks the time an indigenous girl had an orange shirt taken away in a residential school. (Robin Rowland)

Marking Truth and Reconciliation in a rain storm. (Robin Rowland)

Sunny Stewart-Pollard helped organize the reconciliation event hosted by volunteers from the Haisla Nation and members of the Kitimat community. (Robin Rowland)

 

Barb Campbell watches the event. (Robin Rowland)

The tables with decorations and gifts represent all the holidays that children in residential schools missed. (Robin Rowland)

 

 

A boy waves a Truth and Reconciliation flag. (Robin Rowland)

Watching in the rain. Kitimat Counsellor Terry Marleau (second from right) and Mayor Phil Germuth (far right) (Robin Rowland)

Shelley Irene Bolton drums as she leads the Haisla Braid drummers and dancers. (Robin Rowland)

The sun did come out briefly for the Haisla Braid dancers and drummers. (Robin Rowland)

Three flocks of geese flew over the ceremony, the first and largest flock are snow geese, followed by a small group of Canada geese and then more snow geese.(Robin Rowland)

 

Geese fly over the ceremony. (Robin Rowland)

Musician and artist Arthur Renwick closed off the event with his own songs. (Robin Rowland)

 

 

October 1, 2021 Robin Rowland
autumn, BC, Canada, ceremony, Haisla Nation, Photoblog, Photography, Photojournalism, Reconciliation, Sony RX10iiiBritish Columbia , ceremony , dance , drumming , First Nations , geese , Haisla Nation , holiday , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , orange shirt , rain , storm

Student dancers celebrate Haisla Guatlap Days

Student dancers celebrate Haisla Guatlap Days

As part of the Haisla Nation’s solstice Guatlap Days at Kitamaat Village, Friday, June 21, the audience saw a performance from the student dancers and drummers from the ‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School in Kisumkalum. June 21 was National Indigenous Peoples Day. The Kitsumkalum or Gitsuklaum are part of the Ts’myen (Tsimshian) Nation.

A student from the ‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School  from Kitsumkalum  drums at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre, (Robin Rowland)

‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School dancers from Kitsumkalum at Guatlap Days at the Haisla rec Centre. (Robin Rowland)

”Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School dancers from Kitsumkalum at Guatlap Days  perform to a ratttle at the Haisla Recreation  Centre (Robin Rowland)

‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School dancers from Kitsumkalum at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre  (Robin Rowland)

Elementary school students from ‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School  from Kitsumkalum  dance at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre. (Robin Rowland)

Elementary school students from ‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School  from Kitsumkalum  dance at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre. (Robin Rowland)

‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School dancers from Kitsumkalum at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre, (Robin Rowland)

‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School dancers from Kitsumkalum at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre. (Robin Rowland)

A ‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yooo School drummer from Kitsumkalum at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre. (Robin Rowland)

‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School dancers from Kitsumkalum at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre. (Robin Rowland)

‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School dancers from Kitsumkalum  perform a paddling song at Guatlap Days at the Haisla Recreation Centre.  (Robin Rowland)

 

June 22, 2019 Robin Rowland
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