Category Archives: nature

Starfish

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Katherine

Starfish at Kye Bay – sometimes you have to walk a bit to find them… [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298251066965278.1073742120.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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A bit of spring

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Katherine

Spring arrivals – last day of March at Kitty Coleman Provincial Park

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Spring at Filberg Park

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Katherine

Spring colour at Filberg Park in Comox [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.297553740368344.1073742119.123247217798998&type=1″ size=”187″]

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Oyster beds – you don’t really see this way of growing and harvesting oysters from tidal shores used much any more – it’s pretty much all commercial harvesting out in the sound where the oysters are safe from shore predation … Continue reading →

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A foggy day – Gravelly Bay

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Katherine

A foggy day and we’re aboard MV Tachek as we head back from Hornby Island to the BC Ferries east Denman Island terminal in Gravelly Bay.

Posted in Gulf Islands, nature, ocean, ships | Tagged BC Ferries, Denman Island, fog, Gravelly Bay, Gulf Islands, nature, ocean, Tachek | Leave a comment

Birds – Gravelly Bay

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Katherine

A very foggy morning at the BC Ferries terminal in Gravelly Bay, on Denman Island. The birds proving that they are the masters of the air and will do as they please… [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.297164260407292.1073742118.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Tribune Bay – spring colours

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Katherine

Tribune Bay Provincial Park- Hornby Island Although these images were shot in early March, there are plenty of signs of spring colour starting to appear at Tribune Bay Provincial Park on Hornby Island. This is one of my favorite day … Continue reading →

Posted in Beach, Gulf Islands, Hornby Island, nature, ocean, Provincial Park, spring, trees | Tagged beach, Gulf Islands, Hornby, nature, ocean, Provincial Park, Tribune Bay | Leave a comment

The fish floor

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Katherine

The fish floor inside the Quinsam River hatchery visitor centre The fish floor is a glass floor covering a re-creation of the nearby rivers with salmon, trout and other native aquatic species found in the Quinsam River. The floor was … Continue reading →

Posted in hatchery, marine life, nature, not your normal view, tourism | Tagged fish floor, hatchery, Quinsam River, William van Orden | Leave a comment

Heriot Bay – coastal birds

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Katherine

BC Ferries terminal in Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

Posted in Birds, Gulf Islands, nature, Quadra Island, Vancouver Island Images | Tagged BC Ferries, birds, ferry terminal, Gulf Islands, Heriot Bay, herons, Quadra Island, sea gulls | Leave a comment

Down by the bay – Shakesides

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Katherine

Shakesides – one of the Mack Laing houses as viewed from Comox

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