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  • A rare winter bird in Kitimat, Townsend’s solitaire (plus a couple of eagles)
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Posts Tagged “MK Bay”

A rare winter bird in Kitimat, Townsend’s solitaire (plus a couple of eagles)

A visitor to my backyard mountain ash tree the past couple of days (February 9 and 10, 2023) a Townsend’s Solitaire (myadestes townsendi).  It is a thrush, usually found further inland along the Pacific Northwest but rare on the coast, especially in winter.

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UPDATE:  February 13, 2023.  The Townsend’s solitaire back on Monday afternoon.

 

And two bald eagles over MK Bay on February 11.

February 11, 2023 Robin Rowland
Alpha 7II, birds, eagle, Kitimat, nature, Photography, Sony RX10iiibald eagle , MK Bay , thrush , Towsend's solitaire

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

“Get off my perch,” crow tells bald eagle

“Get off my perch,”  crow tells bald eagle

A crow mobs a bald eagle at the mouth of Wahtl Creek, MK Bay marina, Kitimat, BC. I was out shooting for fun along the Kitimat/Kitamaat Village waterfront when I captured the story of a fiesty crow that demanded a bald eagle get off an old log in the Wahtl Creek estuary. The crow apparently thought it was its perch, not the eagle’s.

The crow flies to the perch and finds the eagle on top.

The crow circles the eagle.

The crow circles the eagle.

The crow settles on a lower branch of the old dead tree.

The  crow leaves and the eagle takes off from the perch.

The eagle skims over the low tide estuary.

The eagle flies over the Wahtl Creek low tide estuary.

The eagle circles over Kitimat harbour/

The eagle circles around, flying right past me, so I was able to capture this magnificent close shot.

For a few moments I lost site of the eagle as it flew over Kitamaat Village, then it flew back.

The eagle has landed–back on the perch.

Almost immediately the crow comes back and mobs the eagle again.

The crow mobs the eagle, at first the eagle ignores the crow.

The crow mobs the eagle, at first the eagle ignores the crow.

The crow mobs the eagle, at first the eagle ignores the crow.

As the crow returns, the eagle looks back at it.

As the crow returns, the eagle looks back at it.

It certainly looks as if the eagle is getting annoyed with the feisty little crow.

The crow settles back down on the lower perch.

A few minutes later, the eagle decides to leave, as the crow looks up at the coveted perch.

A few minutes later, the eagle decides to leave, as the crow looks up at the coveted perch.

That’s my perch, the crow is the winner and flies up to the upper perch.

The eagle flies by me once more heading out over the harbour.

The eagle heads across the Kitimat Arm of Douglas Channel toward the mountains.

The eagle heads across the Kitimat Arm of  Douglas Channel toward the mountains.

Cameras, Sony RX10iii and Sony Alpha 77 with Minolta 500mm mirror lens.

April 21, 2019 Robin Rowland
Alpha 77, BC, birds, crow, Douglas Channel, eagle, Kitamaat Village, Kitimat, Photographybald eagle , British Columbia , crow , Douglas Channel , Kitamaat Village , Kitimat , MK Bay , photoblog , seascape , Wahtl Creek

Sun, clouds and rain at MK Bay, Kitimat

Sun, clouds and rain at MK Bay, Kitimat

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A view of MK Bay, Kitimat, August 7, 2015. (Robin Rowland)

August 23, 2015 Robin Rowland
Kitimat, Photoblog, rain, seascapeclouds , Douglas Channel , Kitimat , MK Bay , ocean , rain , seascape

Douglas Channel from MK Bay in black and white

Douglas Channel from MK Bay in black and white
MK Bay

Douglas Channel seen from MK Bay, Kitimat, May 4, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

Waddle Creek flowing into the Kitimat Arm of Douglas Channel, near high tide at MK Bay, May 4, 2014.

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May 4, 2014 Robin Rowland
BC, black and white, Douglas Channel, Kitimat, seascapeBlack-and-white , British Columbia , Douglas Channel , Kitimat , landscape , MK Bay , seascape

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