With all that’s going on, I’m not sure I’m going to do a “Christmas” post this year. I’ll see - maybe I’ll decide to later. After Justine and I got back from Toronto (amazingly with zero flight issues!), we had a day at home before we headed to Galiano. With the ferry schedule, we had some time so decided to stop at Reifel on the way out to see what was going on at the sanctuary.
Read MoreSome Cool Birding at Boundary Bay
On Saturday afternoon, we had a bunch of running around to do and visits with some friends planned, all of which took us in the general direction of Delta. So we decided to go to Boundary Bay and go for a walk along the dyke and see what bird life we might find. It was a beautiful, sunny day, if a bit cold.
Read MoreA Family Visit - Lots of Bird Pics
I made another trip back to Ontario to spend some time with Dad and the rest of the family. I arrived to unseasonably warm temperatures that sadly did not last - byt the time I left I was feeling very much in the festive spirit as the snow had moved in and winter had truly arrived. I actually didn’t take a lot of pictures over the course of the week, but Mom’s bird feeders were very busy and I couldn’t help myself.
Read MoreReifel Birding - Just the Photos
Earlier in October, Justine and I took a trip out to Reifel for a walk around, get some fresh air and see what birds were about. It was so long ago that I don’t really remember much about the day, so this post is photo heavy, without a lot of commentary.
Read MoreSeptember Trip to Reifel
I have a lot of posts ot catch up on, so this quick post on a September trip to Reifel will be almost all photos. We had decided to book a trip to Reifel for the day after the Fondo as a way to force us to get up and go for a walk, rather than just lying on the couch all day. It was a bit overcast, and there was not a lot going on, but it was still worth the visit.
Read MoreA Quick (Old) Bird Post
On a recent trip to Galiano, I spent some time just taking pictures of the birds from the deck of the cottage. I thought I’d throw them up here - not a lot to add, just some fun pictures.
Read MoreBoating Adventures - Whales!
A couple of posts back, I introduced my friend David that took us out on his boat when he and his family came for a visit to Galiano. Now David is a much better friend then we deserve. He has another boat, a much smaller one on a trailer that he offered us to use for the rest of the summer! On this trip we took the boat out for a maiden voyage…
Read MoreGaliano Boating Weekend
After a month away (for me - 3 weeks for Jus) we finally got back to Galiano. In addition to the usual work around the property, we had some fun things lines up. My friend David has a boat and had booked a weekend at Montague Harbour with his family. They were coming up to our place for a BBQ on Saturday, then had offered to take us out on the boat on Sunday!
Read MoreVacation Recap - Checking out Montreal
It’s taken a while, but this is the last of the vacation recap posts. This one is mainly from the one day we played tourist, wandering on Mont Royal and checking out the park. The views from the city lookouts were spectacular, and there were some amazing new birds!
Read MoreA First Visit to Reifel - with Simon
We had a break in the weather and booked a spot for a visit to Reifel - our first of the season! Our friend Simon decided to come along, and it wa sa first time visit for him, which was fun. We had nice blue skis, reasonable temperatures and most importantly no more snow on the ground to deal with. It had remained fairly cool, so there was still some ice on the ponds. Which gave us the always fun ducks-on-ice, but sadly meant it was overall a quiet day.
Read MoreWinter Weather on Galiano
I got back from Ontario on New Year’s Eve, and we had booked a ferry to head to Galiano on New Year’s Day. We were just going for a couple of days to check on things, as there had been a fair bit of snow and since it’s so rare, we wanted to see how things were looking in the snow.
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