Tag: Mt. Elizabeth

Christmas Eve moonrise over Mt. Elizabeth

December 24, 2015

A rare Christmas Eve waxing gibbous (almost full at 98.4 per cent) moonrise over Mt. Elizabeth in Kitimat. (Robin Rowland) Sony Alpha 55 at 200mm. The moon rise over Mt. Elizabeth, 500mm Minolta mirror lens with Sony Alpha 77. (Robin Rowland) About 20 minutes before moonrise. Mt. Elizabeth at dusk. (Robin Rowland) The moonrise in […]

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 […]