We loved seeing quail on our visits to British Columbia. Some research tells me this is a California quail, found along the Pacific coast of the USA and Vancouver Island and the southern part of British Columbia. They are small to … Continued
~ The spotted towhee is a western bird and we were lucky to spot some on our last trip to British Columbia. Towhees hop around moving leaves for find food. Above is the male towhee and below is the female … Continued
E for Eagles. The thing we look for the most when visiting British Columbia is the eagles. Our favourite place to see them is Goldstream Park in Victoria BC. This year we were so lucky to see many eagles, perhaps … Continued
~ Our latest visit to British Columbia gave us the opportunity to check off many different species of birds, ducks and shore birds. The Black Turnstone was spotted on a rainy day while visiting Whiffin Spit. This was the same … Continued
One of the shore birds we saw while walking the beaches in September in British Columbia was the sandpiper. At first I thought these are the least sandpipers as they were fairly small, but they could be sanderlings which also look … Continued
We loved taking a lot of different walks on our trip to British Columbia this past July. We are always on the lookout for birds that we don’t see here in Ontario. This time we spotted a couple of different … Continued
We have had the most amazing trip out to British Columbia and back again. The best part of the trip was seeing family once again and doing all sorts of amazing things with them.
We were fasciated to see many different varieties of birds on our trip to British Columbia in November 2011. The Steller Jay was a new sighting for us, as we don’t get them here in Ontario. Stellar jays are native … Continued