Tag: eagle facts
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The Belted Kingfisher
As we walked a particularly shaded bend, a sudden, metallic rattle fractured the quiet, drawing our attention upward. There, poised atop a slender alder branch jutting over the water, sat a Belted Kingfisher, her silhouette sharply defined against a whitish backdrop of mist-filtered light.
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Barred Owl a Pacific Newcomer
The Barred Owl is a wonderful presence in North America’s forests, its distinctive echoing call and striking plumage marking it as both a biological force and a subject of human wonder. They are most vocal during the breeding season, which typically occurs from late winter through early spring.
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The Return of the Sea Otter
To see a Pacific Northwest Sea Otter in natural surroundings is a thrill to many, and sightings are becoming increasingly common along the green shallow shores of British Columbia and North Vancouver Island. Even in Hardy Bay. With thick, velvet-like fur glistening in the sunlight, these lively mammals are a frolicking sight, gracefully drifting on…
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Reflection on Community and Culture
Recently Chris and I had the privilege of touring the newly built “Big House”… a significant and meaningful milestone in Port Hardy for two Nations, Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw people of Northern Vancouver Island.
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Nimpkish Valley Cave Exploration
Later I was to learn the names Michael and Linda Henwood are intricately woven not only into Island history, but also in the fabric of wild caving and karst conservation internationally. The combined efforts of Michael and other North Island cavers are the catalyst responsible for international attention transforming Port McNeill and the Nimpkish Valley’s…
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Arctic Conversations
A collection of stories barging on the Mackenzie River … a river that stretches more than 1,738 kilometres through the Northwest Territories from the Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean.
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The White Grizzly
We could never have imagined a day filled with a chance sighting of a white grizzly; a rare colour phenomenon that inspires awe and curiosity. Yet on this inspiring day we had the good fortune to encounter a magnificent white grizzly in a setting embraced by the fiords spectacular beauty, an event elevating our day…
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Canada’s Largest Sitka Spruce
An afternoon sun shone between fluffy clouds and reflected off the massive grey trunk of a giant Sitka Spruce, the warming rays illuminating the great tree’s salal, young conifers, fern, and moss-covered understory. The tranquil scene was alive with wildlife sounds the gentleness of a hidden brook, and the tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker, bore witness…
