April 29, 2021

        It was one of those days when you leave home and you think am i dressed properly, well for sure some of us weren’t as the wind and cold went right down to the bones. It was nice when the seven of us were riding around in the two vehicles with…

You know it’s a good day when you arrive at the dog park and there are smiling faces there to greet you, noone hiding in their cars away from the weather, yes once again we had incredible conditions. It was one of those days for hanging your washing on the line and drying your smalls….

I sometimes look back and think why did I ever start counting birds, I know the data comes in very useful, but I was a regular bird watcher once and chased rarities all over the provinces like a mad thing. Today made me realize why I and others do it when you pull up on…

Early on a sunny Sunday morning five bright-eyed birders gathered with no time to waste – observations had to be complete by 0904, two hours after high tide. First “waterbird” of the day was a Turkey Vulture, on beach patrol right in front of Ray and Carol’s place. But most of the estuary was calm…

Eric, Dorothy, Gail, Linda, John, and guests Andrew and Isabelle Mitchell celebrated Thanksgiving Monday on the shore of Hecate Park. They counted: 12 Doubled-crested cormorant 2 Mute swan 230 American Wigeon 2 Bald Eagle 40 Unidentified Gull 1 Belted Kingfisher John A total of 10 species of waterbirds (600 birds) were observed on the North…

Spring is here and the migrants are starting to pour in, many new species have been recorded including Black-throated Gray, Orange-crowned and Townsends Warbler, Pacific-slope and Hammond’s Flycatcher. Brightly colored male American Goldfinch are starting to appear at feeders and the shorebirds are being seen in Cowichan Bay with good numbers of Greater Yellowlegs and…