I recently ran across a couple at Victoria Quay in Port Alberni. They had the […]
Category: Birds
Birdwatching in the South Okanagan
As often as we can Jocie and I love getting out to the Okanagan and […]
A Place of Rainbows
The name Sointula, the Malcolm Island community of utopian origin off northern Vancouver Island, translates […]
Brandt’s, not Brant’s
If I only had a dollar for every time I’ve seen the confusion in the […]
Western Gulls While Waiting
One of the great things about living on Vancouver Island is the time spent waiting […]
Big Day Birding – Brant Wildlife Festival
One of the fun activities associated with the annual Brant Wildlife Festival is the Big […]
The Littlest Duck
The Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) may be the smallest ducks in North America, but they are […]
Spawning Spectacle!
Each year herring spawn around Vancouver Island, British Columbia in early March. This year is […]
20th Annual Brant Festival – March 5 to April 28
The return of Brant geese to the estuaries and bays of Vancouver Island in late […]
Glaucous-winged Gulls
I’m happy to say that the rather ubiquitous Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glauscens) is a species […]