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WESTERN CANADA BIRDS, September 2014 and 2018
Greater detail, particularly into the 2014 journey, can be found in the ‘West Canada’ gallery in the ‘Other’ ‘drop down’ menu.
SEPTEMBER 2014: A major part of this trip to Canada was intended to be devoted to some of the larger animals and a train journey across the Rocky Mountains. Nevertheless we were always hopeful of seeing plenty of birds along the way. This gallery represents a photographic report of our success. Any overly empathetic viewers may wish to bear in mind that conditions (weather, light, moving trains/boats/cars etc.) were not always on the side of the photographer.
SEPTEMBER 2018: This trip started at the end of August in Vancouver. The following day we went to Vancouver Island (west coast), staying at Tofino (poor weather) for two days. We then went to the east coast – Courtenay (good for birds), Hidden Cove and Telegraph Cove. Next we went to Berry Island with a series of outings looking for Bears and Whales (birds, bears and whales being placed in separate galleries). Our final stop was intended to be Campbell River but unfortunately problems with the hotel’s plumbing caused us to stay at Courtenay (again) for the final two days.
Now for the birds. The usual warning about the accuracy of my bird ID applies. Those photos with a file name prefaced by ‘z’ are largely (some extremely) substandard and are included only as records of other birds seen. To distinguish the 2014 photos from those taken in 2018, I have given the latter file numbers of ‘11’ or higher.