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Peeking Through the Sedges

Peeking through the sedges: we spent some quiet moments with this young grizzly as it played and ate sedge grass. The guess, based on sightings, is that this young guy is about 3 years old and doing very well for a bear that lost it's mom at 1.5 years and has had to pretty much fend for himself. Now who says grizzlies aren't cute?! - taken at distance in Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary

Mirrored

I left earlier in the morning, as I had a long day of driving ahead of me. I had a little bit of time before I had to start heading home to be back at a decent time, so decided to stop at one of my favourite places to walk around. There wasn't a whole lot of different ducks around, but there sure were a lot of Wood Ducks. Getting their reflections was proving to be difficult, as there was so much activity all around from other ducks. Every once in a while though, the water would be still and I had to be quick.

Say Whaaaat????

I left earlier in the morning, as I had a long day of driving ahead of me. I had a little bit of time before I had to start heading home to be back at a decent time, so decided to stop at one of my favourite places to walk around. There wasn't a whole lot of different ducks around, but there sure were a lot of Wood Ducks. A different angle on these ducks and it changes their whole appearance, I love the facial expressions on him.

Out on a Limb

I left earlier in the morning, as I had a long day of driving ahead of me. I had a little bit of time before I had to start heading home to be back at a decent time, so decided to stop at one of my favourite places to walk around. There wasn't a whole lot of different ducks around, but there sure were a lot of Wood Ducks. I loved this one sitting on a branch, just above the water.

See Any Bugs?

We were up doing some work on our cabin, and when we were done, I walked around with our dog through some burnt trees. I could hear birds, saw some flying around and also a chipmunk, then I followed the noise to this woodpecker. I was doing my best on trying to get the wood particles flying around him, it was like a cloud of dust.

Feeling Cute

When I was driving home, I saw some Bluebirds, so I pulled over to find them. As I was sitting there, I noticed a lot of movement in a bush not far from me, so I decided to move my focus onto it. That's when I saw about half a dozen Ruby-crowned Kinglets chasing each other around. They were proving to be difficult to focus on, but once in a while, one would be still enough to get my camera focused and take a photo. I really loved how the branches of the willows surrounded this male, putting him right in the middle of them all.

Behind the Grass

I had stopped to see all the Kinglets that were chasing each other around in a tree, when I saw some Yellow-rumped Warblers hopping around in the tall grass. They were really on the move, and hard to keep track of, until this one stopped, and looked right at me from behind a blade of grass. I was sitting for a good 20 minutes on a hillside, watching all of the birds, just enjoying them and the warm spring day, it was a beautiful morning.

Here's Looking At You

When I was driving home, I saw some Bluebirds, so I pulled over to find them. As I was sitting there, I noticed a lot of movement in a bush not far from me, so I decided to move my focus onto it. That's when I saw about half a dozen Ruby-crowned Kinglets chasing each other around. They were proving to be difficult to focus on, but once in a while, one would be still enough to get my camera focused and take a photo. I loved this one of him looking right at me, judging me.

Photos

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Exploring British Columbia

Golden rockweed lining the shores of the Khutzeymateen, guarded by towering sitka spruce and hanging witch's hair. A beautiful scene as we float down the inlet looking to spot the grizzlies as they dine on sedge grass

Glacial Peaks

Low clouds and high peaks in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. Image taken from our zodiac down below in the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary

Eagle Morning

Our neighbours horse just had a foal the other morning and this morning while I was having my coffee, I saw a couple of eagles hanging out along the fence line. There was something else flying around, which I later found out was a Turkey Vulture. Every once in a while, the vulture would swoop down over the eagles, wanting to chase them away from where the horse had her foal. It wasn't long when the first eagle flew away, then the second eagle followed, but this time the vulture chased it, making sure it got far enough away. The eagle was flying closer towards me as I was standing on our porch, which was perfect for me to be able to take photos from. Clinton BC

Snoots and Boots

I was walking around my garden, looking for things to photograph with my macro lens, when I came across my large chive plant. I got a closer and started looking around the blooms, hoping for a bee, but was only finding ants. That's when I spotted something very very tiny crawling around one of the flowers. I don't know how I even spotted this little creature, it was abut the size of a grain of sand, maybe a little bit bigger, but not by much. I looked through with my macro and found it to be a weevil, one of my friends says they always identify from their "snoots and boots" Clinton BC

Tiniest Weevil

I was walking around my garden, looking for things to photograph with my macro lens, when I came across my large chive plant. I got a closer and started looking around the blooms, hoping for a bee, but was only finding ants. That's when I spotted something very very tiny crawling around one of the flowers. I don't know how I even spotted this little creature, it was abut the size of a grain of sand, maybe a little bit bigger, but not by much. I looked through with my macro and found it to be a weevil, one of my friends says they always identify from their "snoots and boots" Clinton BC

Hover

This Calliope hummingbird has been hanging around our home everyday and I finally had a chance to get some photos of him. He does this hovering thing when the female is sitting in a tree and I have wanted to try and get photos of him while he's hovering there. Each time I have seen him, my camera is never on me, as I'm either watering the garden or doing something outside. This evening, I saw him hanging around, so I made sure I was ready. It took a few tries, he was faster than I thought, but I did manage to luck out and snap a few photos of him in flight. Clinton BC

Shadows

This Calliope hummingbird has been hanging around our home everyday and I finally had a chance to get some photos of him. He does this hovering thing when the female is sitting in a tree and I have wanted to try and get photos of him while he's hovering there. Each time I have seen him, my camera is never on me, as I'm either watering the garden or doing something outside. This evening, I saw him hanging around, so I made sure I was ready. It took a few tries, he was faster than I thought, but I did manage to luck out and snap a few photos of him in flight. Clinton BC

Who do you think YOU are?

A female osprey looks down her 'nose' at curious man (me) with the camera.

Scaups at Sunset

BC ferries is a staple if you live in Vancouver or surrounding areas. On my ferry back from Bowen Island, I saw hundreds of scaups, cormorants, scooters and more. It really is proof that birdwatching can be done anywhere!

Backyard Beauty

This owl spooked me when I was walking my family dog. Thank goodness I dont go anywhere without my camera!

Flashy Fella

Crescent Beach has incredible bird diversity. From whimbrels to hummingbirds, I am always amazed. This male Anna's hummingbird was displaying, flying about 100 metres in the air and diving down, to then show his vibrant gorget.

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Peeking Through the Sedges

Peeking through the sedges: we spent some quiet moments with this young grizzly as it played and ate sedge grass. The guess, based on sightings, is that this young guy is about 3 years old and doing very well for a bear that lost it's mom at 1.5 years and has had to pretty much fend for himself. Now who says grizzlies aren't cute?! - taken at distance in Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary

Mirrored

I left earlier in the morning, as I had a long day of driving ahead of me. I had a little bit of time before I had to start heading home to be back at a decent time, so decided to stop at one of my favourite places to walk around. There wasn't a whole lot of different ducks around, but there sure were a lot of Wood Ducks. Getting their reflections was proving to be difficult, as there was so much activity all around from other ducks. Every once in a while though, the water would be still and I had to be quick.

Say Whaaaat????

I left earlier in the morning, as I had a long day of driving ahead of me. I had a little bit of time before I had to start heading home to be back at a decent time, so decided to stop at one of my favourite places to walk around. There wasn't a whole lot of different ducks around, but there sure were a lot of Wood Ducks. A different angle on these ducks and it changes their whole appearance, I love the facial expressions on him.

Out on a Limb

I left earlier in the morning, as I had a long day of driving ahead of me. I had a little bit of time before I had to start heading home to be back at a decent time, so decided to stop at one of my favourite places to walk around. There wasn't a whole lot of different ducks around, but there sure were a lot of Wood Ducks. I loved this one sitting on a branch, just above the water.

See Any Bugs?

We were up doing some work on our cabin, and when we were done, I walked around with our dog through some burnt trees. I could hear birds, saw some flying around and also a chipmunk, then I followed the noise to this woodpecker. I was doing my best on trying to get the wood particles flying around him, it was like a cloud of dust.

Feeling Cute

When I was driving home, I saw some Bluebirds, so I pulled over to find them. As I was sitting there, I noticed a lot of movement in a bush not far from me, so I decided to move my focus onto it. That's when I saw about half a dozen Ruby-crowned Kinglets chasing each other around. They were proving to be difficult to focus on, but once in a while, one would be still enough to get my camera focused and take a photo. I really loved how the branches of the willows surrounded this male, putting him right in the middle of them all.

Behind the Grass

I had stopped to see all the Kinglets that were chasing each other around in a tree, when I saw some Yellow-rumped Warblers hopping around in the tall grass. They were really on the move, and hard to keep track of, until this one stopped, and looked right at me from behind a blade of grass. I was sitting for a good 20 minutes on a hillside, watching all of the birds, just enjoying them and the warm spring day, it was a beautiful morning.

Here's Looking At You

When I was driving home, I saw some Bluebirds, so I pulled over to find them. As I was sitting there, I noticed a lot of movement in a bush not far from me, so I decided to move my focus onto it. That's when I saw about half a dozen Ruby-crowned Kinglets chasing each other around. They were proving to be difficult to focus on, but once in a while, one would be still enough to get my camera focused and take a photo. I loved this one of him looking right at me, judging me.

Photos

Photos on my profile as well as others that I look at are not showing tonight at all - only captions --- Timestamp: 2026-06-18T04:30:16.981Z Page: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/feedback User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/149.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Exploring British Columbia

Golden rockweed lining the shores of the Khutzeymateen, guarded by towering sitka spruce and hanging witch's hair. A beautiful scene as we float down the inlet looking to spot the grizzlies as they dine on sedge grass

Glacial Peaks

Low clouds and high peaks in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. Image taken from our zodiac down below in the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary

Eagle Morning

Our neighbours horse just had a foal the other morning and this morning while I was having my coffee, I saw a couple of eagles hanging out along the fence line. There was something else flying around, which I later found out was a Turkey Vulture. Every once in a while, the vulture would swoop down over the eagles, wanting to chase them away from where the horse had her foal. It wasn't long when the first eagle flew away, then the second eagle followed, but this time the vulture chased it, making sure it got far enough away. The eagle was flying closer towards me as I was standing on our porch, which was perfect for me to be able to take photos from. Clinton BC

Snoots and Boots

I was walking around my garden, looking for things to photograph with my macro lens, when I came across my large chive plant. I got a closer and started looking around the blooms, hoping for a bee, but was only finding ants. That's when I spotted something very very tiny crawling around one of the flowers. I don't know how I even spotted this little creature, it was abut the size of a grain of sand, maybe a little bit bigger, but not by much. I looked through with my macro and found it to be a weevil, one of my friends says they always identify from their "snoots and boots" Clinton BC

Tiniest Weevil

I was walking around my garden, looking for things to photograph with my macro lens, when I came across my large chive plant. I got a closer and started looking around the blooms, hoping for a bee, but was only finding ants. That's when I spotted something very very tiny crawling around one of the flowers. I don't know how I even spotted this little creature, it was abut the size of a grain of sand, maybe a little bit bigger, but not by much. I looked through with my macro and found it to be a weevil, one of my friends says they always identify from their "snoots and boots" Clinton BC

Hover

This Calliope hummingbird has been hanging around our home everyday and I finally had a chance to get some photos of him. He does this hovering thing when the female is sitting in a tree and I have wanted to try and get photos of him while he's hovering there. Each time I have seen him, my camera is never on me, as I'm either watering the garden or doing something outside. This evening, I saw him hanging around, so I made sure I was ready. It took a few tries, he was faster than I thought, but I did manage to luck out and snap a few photos of him in flight. Clinton BC

Shadows

This Calliope hummingbird has been hanging around our home everyday and I finally had a chance to get some photos of him. He does this hovering thing when the female is sitting in a tree and I have wanted to try and get photos of him while he's hovering there. Each time I have seen him, my camera is never on me, as I'm either watering the garden or doing something outside. This evening, I saw him hanging around, so I made sure I was ready. It took a few tries, he was faster than I thought, but I did manage to luck out and snap a few photos of him in flight. Clinton BC

Who do you think YOU are?

A female osprey looks down her 'nose' at curious man (me) with the camera.

Scaups at Sunset

BC ferries is a staple if you live in Vancouver or surrounding areas. On my ferry back from Bowen Island, I saw hundreds of scaups, cormorants, scooters and more. It really is proof that birdwatching can be done anywhere!

Backyard Beauty

This owl spooked me when I was walking my family dog. Thank goodness I dont go anywhere without my camera!

Flashy Fella

Crescent Beach has incredible bird diversity. From whimbrels to hummingbirds, I am always amazed. This male Anna's hummingbird was displaying, flying about 100 metres in the air and diving down, to then show his vibrant gorget.