Friday, May 29, 2020
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Airy aerie
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Soon to making sweet sweet eagle love... |
On Galiano Island a few months ago we spotted this pair of eagles "skree-ing" in a tree overhead as we were walking along the harbour waterfront.
It was just good luck that we turned and I happened to glance up another nearby tree to see this nest.
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Soon to be the sight of eaglets... |
A typical nest can be as wide as ten feet in diameter and up to nine feet high. However, first year nests are usually smaller, and the nest size will increase each year as eagles re-use the nest and add sticks to it. So that would suggest that this nest is a newer nest.
Bald eagles are territorial. Breeding pairs return to the same nest site year after year.
Very large nests can weigh as much as 1000 pounds!
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
A Flock of Eagles
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A cloud appears above your head
A beam of light comes shining down on you
Shining down on you
-- "I Ran"
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Maybe it was all the work involved to get at the meat when there were easier pickings about that deterred the bird.
BTW, a group of eagles is known more specifically as a "convocation" of eagles.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Beach buffet
While in Parksville recently we noticed dozens and dozens of bald eagles congregating on the beach. We walked over to investigate and discovered that they were digging some sort of fish out of the sand.
Unfortunately for the fish once the tide went out they were exposed to the eagle-eyed... uh... eagles unless they are buried quite deep. (The fish, not the eagles).
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Sitting ducks for the eagles... |
Monday, May 11, 2020
Mt Baker
Mt Baker seen from Vancouver Island... |
I lined the mountain up with the sign at the lookout but, if you want to see the real deal up close, check it out below.
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Washington's Mt. Baker... |
Friday, May 8, 2020
Exclusive
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The surf clubhouse at Jordan River |
The surfing at Jordan River has effectively ended for the season as the winter storms -- and their associated waves -- fade away. A rare spring surf day last week resulted in 70 people showing up. Far more than can reasonably be accommodated by the small spot so my surf pals gave up after a short time.
Jordan River has its own surf club who 'own' this clubhouse at the site. It includes storage for their boards as well as a sauna for the use of its members. You can only join the club through invitation. The few members that I know of are old timers who have been surfing out here for decades.
They aren't known for being inviting of newcomers and outsiders. And they barely tolerate SUPboarders like me. So I likely won't be offered a membership card anytime soon.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
The buffalo don't roam
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Buffalo block the road... |
... unless the animals decide to bring things to a stop. That's what these grazing bison did for about fifteen minutes as they paused in the middle of the road for some important bison business.
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An amblin' lama... |
Saturday, May 2, 2020
The death of conspicuous consumption?
An apropos message in today's times... |
The great irony coming out of all this is that the world's economy is in danger simply because people are only buying what they need. Think about that.The COVID crisis has revealed just how flawed our First World consumerist lifestyle is with its emphasis on 'growth' where 'growth' is really just a euphemism for 'buy more useless s**t'.
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