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Memories of Fort Nelson
Memories of Fort Nelson

I have had the pleasure of visiting Fort Nelson on three occasions. All three fell in June. My first visit came in 2005, while heading to Alaska. Because I left…

2024-04-22 Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary
2024-04-22 Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary

Monday, the birding gods blessed us with a *significant* fallout. Most of us here have seen a *MAJOR* fallout, where birds carpeted the lawns and filled the trees. Monday’s event…

2022-06-27 Birds in Fort Saint John
2022-06-27 Birds in Fort Saint John

Sunday in Fort Saint John, I drove to the local college campus, where there was public parking for a “Community Forest”. Much like Fort Nelson’s Demonstration Forest, this woodland preserve…

2022-06-24 Fort Nelson Once More
2022-06-24 Fort Nelson Once More

With every visit to Fort Nelson, including my time in 2005, I’ve explored the woods at the northeastern corner of town that the locals call the Demonstration Forest. I’ve never…

2022-06-23 Muncho Lake Through Toad River
2022-06-23 Muncho Lake Through Toad River

Wednesday night I roadside camped a mile from the Northern Rockies Lodge at Muncho Lake. The rain followed me all the way from Teslin and continued all night. The abundant…

2022-06-06 The Long Road To Watson Lake
2022-06-06 The Long Road To Watson Lake

It’s a long and arduous drive from Fort Nelson to Watson Lake, and I planned on several stops along the way. I found that there was highway construction going on…

2022-06-05 Sunday In Fort Nelson
2022-06-05 Sunday In Fort Nelson

Sunday, I spent time in Fort Nelson in northwestern British Columbia. There is a managed woods at the edge of town, called the Fort Nelson Demonstration Forest that I visited…

2021-05-08 SPI’s Friday Beaches
2021-05-08 SPI’s Friday Beaches

I spent much of my last day on South Padre Island on the sandy flat beach north of the Convention Centre. Until this day, I’d neglected this habitat for gulls,…

2021-04-17 SPI, Great Birds, Lousy Weather
2021-04-17 SPI, Great Birds, Lousy Weather

Well friends, I said I would limit my photo shooting time in the field to half days. The strategy would allow me to process my images and tell my stories…

2021-04-13 South Padre Fog
2021-04-13 South Padre Fog

I left Brownsville in the darkness of pre-dawn, with plans to meet birds on South Padre Island as they began their morning rounds. It seemed a good idea to be…