One of the Bald Eagles I spotted earlier this week at a large gathering of eagles. Based on my bird book, this eagle is in its fourth year.

Un des pygargues à tête blanche que j'ai vu plus tôt cette semaine à un grand rassemblement d'aigles. Selon mon livre sur les oiseaux, ce pygargue est dans sa quatrième année.

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One of the Bald Eagles I spotted earlier this week at a large gathering of eagles. Based on my bird book, this eagle is in its fourth year.

Un des pygargues à tête blanche que j'ai vu plus tôt cette semaine à un grand rassemblement d'aigles. Selon mon livre sur les oiseaux, ce pygargue est dans sa quatrième année.

#photography #birds #wildlife #photographie #oiseaux #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia #Canada

A Bald eagle photographed today on the coast of Vancouver Island. I looked for 'active' nests but found only old ones. It looks like they are not fixing old ones or building new ones yet. However they were lots of mature eagles and they were vocal. Mating is about to start.

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A Bald eagle photographed today on the coast of Vancouver Island. I looked for 'active' nests but found only old ones. It looks like they are not fixing old ones or building new ones yet. However they were lots of mature eagles and they were vocal. Mating is about to start.

#photography #nature #wildlife #birds #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

A male long-tailed duck in its elegant winter outfit. It has three different plumages during the year.

Un canard kakawi mâle dans son élégant habit d'hiver. Il a trois différents plumages au cours de l'année.

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A male long-tailed duck in its elegant winter outfit. It has three different plumages during the year.

Un canard kakawi mâle dans son élégant habit d'hiver. Il a trois différents plumages au cours de l'année.

#photography #photographie #birds #oiseaux #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

Mink (Neovison vison) on a mission.
Un vison en mission.

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Immature long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) giving a show on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Un canard kakawi se donne en spectacle sur la côte de l'île de Vancouver en Colombie-Britannique.

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Immature long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) giving a show on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Un canard kakawi se donne en spectacle sur la côte de l'île de Vancouver en Colombie-Britannique.

#photography #wildlife #birds #photographie #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

Mink (Neovison vison) on a mission.
Un vison en mission.

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Be like a sea lion: eat, bark, belch, cause ruckus, sleep, repeat. 😆

Photo taken last March during the herring spawn. These sea lions overindulged on herring and were drifting in the sea.

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Be like a sea lion: eat, bark, belch, cause ruckus, sleep, repeat. 😆

Photo taken last March during the herring spawn. These sea lions overindulged on herring and were drifting in the sea.

#photography #SeaLions #HerringSpawn #VancouverIslandWildlife #wildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

I went scouting for wildlife along the east coast of Vancouver Island today for my upcoming photo tours during the herring spawn.

Steller sea lions are starting to show up, I observed them catching fish near the shore.

Bald eagles are back too, calling each other from tree tops. Soon they'll start to build a nest. Took this photo this morning.

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Hudsonian Whimbrel on the shore of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It was bathing in the sea and came to shore to preen. It hangs out with a flock of black oystercatchers.

''In 2025, ornithologists split Whimbrel into two species: Hudsonian Whimbrel, occurring across the Americas, and Eurasian Whimbrel, occurring in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.'' Source: AllAboutBirds.com

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Hudsonian Whimbrel on the shore of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It was bathing in the sea and came to shore to preen. It hangs out with a flock of black oystercatchers.

''In 2025, ornithologists split Whimbrel into two species: Hudsonian Whimbrel, occurring across the Americas, and Eurasian Whimbrel, occurring in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.'' Source: AllAboutBirds.com

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Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) are cute but they dive ''all the time'' and you end up with a lot of photos of the sea. 😆 This is the female.

Le petit garrot est bien mignon mais il est toujours en train de plonger alors tu te retrouves avec plein de photos de la mer. Ceci est la femelle.

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