Along the rivers on the east coast of Vancouver Island Black Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera ssp. […]
Tag: Courtenay
Cedar Waxwings Along the Courtenay River
Over the last couple of days I’ve noticed cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) along the Courtenay […]
Grass Workshop at the Courtenay Airpark
A couple of Fridays ago I had the opportunity to join an impromptu grass workshop […]
Black Twinberry
The thing that I love about nature walks is that the more often you visit […]
Vexed by Vetches
The Pea Family (Fabaceae) can be a little vexing at times – with this group […]
Musing about Mustards
As I begin to tackle some of the more difficult plants here on Vancouver Island, […]
Glorious Grovesnails
On my regular afternoon walk to the Courtenay Airpark I noticed a rout of close […]
Greater Orange Weaver
Greater Orange Weaver Classification: B/1 or possibly A/9 This large orange cart was a delightful […]
Garden Mustards
A couple of days ago I found some Field Mustard (Brassica campestris) down by the […]