Saturday, May 22, 2010

17 New Birds

I identified 35 bird species on our trip, 17 of which were lifers for me, and only a few of which I got decent photos. I keep track of my birding on a free website called Birdstack. Here is the link to my Birdstack Vancouver list.

Whimbrel

Steller's Jay

Semipalmated plover

Northwest crow harassing Northern Raven

Bonaparte's Gull


Friday, May 21, 2010

Interesting/Funny Photos from Our Trip, part 1

I'm in the process of posting travelogue photos on my other blog, but I thought I'd post a few photos of some things here.


Telephone booth for tree huggers


Barf bags on the tour bus--tells you what the roads are like



The underbelly of a plane that flew over our heads on its way to Victoria airport

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Big Trees





One thing nice about big trees is that they make you feel little.