The Duck Pond birding site at the other Houston, Houston, BC
A Barrow’s Goldeneye duck swims in the Houston, BC, Duck Pond, May 7, 2011. (Robin Rowland) One of the reasons I decided to return to northwestern British Columbia is that this area is an untapped...
View ArticleChristmas bird count, Kitimat river, estuary and harbour Dec. 17, 2011
A trumpeter swan feeds in the Kitimat River Oxbow, during the world wide annual Christmas bird count, Dec. 17, 2011. The reddish neck comes as the white feathers are stained by high levels of iron...
View ArticleClearwater Lakes Trail photo walk and workshop pix
On Saturday, July 7, 2012, Kitimat landscape photographer Doug Keech taught a photoworkshop, called Photoecllipse 2012, along with Prince Rupert photographer Pam Mullins (Pam’s Wild Images) and myself....
View ArticleBirds at Christmastime in Kitimat
A Great Blue Heron perches on a tree overlooking the Kitimat River during the Christmas Bird Count, December 15, 2012. The bird count photo op wasn’t as good this year as it was last year. It was just...
View ArticleChristmas bird count in the Kitimat estuary
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...
View ArticleImpressions of a rewilded Kitimat
My home, Kitimat, BC has had a taste of “rewilding.” District employees were on strike from February 28, 2015 until today, June 12, which meant the grass in the parks, verges and byways has been...
View ArticleEarly fall light on the ponds of the Kitimat Lower Dyke Road
Fall is coming early to Kitimat….or so it appears. We’ve just come through about three weeks of cold, wet and windy weather. Some trees are already turning to gold. In the early afternoon sun along...
View ArticleChristmas bird count (and more) Kitimat 2015
A juvenile bald eagle surveys the Kitimat River from a log on a sandbar. (Robin Rowland) Once again this year I joined the Kitimat Christmas Bird Count, helping out the Kitimat Valley Naturalists....
View ArticleViews of the Kitimat River estuary
Some more views of the Kitimat River estuary that I took during the Christmas bird count. An old stump covered in snow. (Robin Rowland) Old root stumps in the fog of the Kitimat River estuary (Robin...
View ArticleA red-winged blackbird takes on a “dogfight” with a hawk
A red-winged blackbird chasing a hawk over Topley B.C. (Robin Rowland) Driving back to Kitimat from Prince George on May 20, i stopped at the Topley rest area. Not only is Topley a good place to break...
View ArticleOn the Kitimat waterfront in black and white
A couple of Kitimat scenes in black and white Douglas Channel seen from the Whatl Creek estuary. (Robin Rowland) The mouth of the Kitimat River shrouded in fog as seen from the Maggie Point gazebo....
View ArticleNew Year’s Day at Minette Bay
Photos from the annual local photographers’ walk around Minette Bay. The deepest cold passed, leaving ice everywhere. There was a heavy overcast and occasional fog. A female bufflehead duck in the...
View ArticleJune 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...
View ArticleChristmas Bird Count 2023
A great blue heron at the Rio Tinto docks in Kitimat (Robin Rowland) On December 16, 2023 Kitimat Valley Naturalists took part in the worldwide Christmas Bird Count, with special permission and...
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