4-23-13 Cold arrival for Canada geese - Anchorage, Alaska, USA

3-13-13 Buggy ptarmigan - Noatak, Alaska, USA

Beetles seen moving around on geese

Two Brown Pelicans were spotted off the Discovery Islands near Victoria on May 12. This species of pelican is familiar to anyone who has travelled to the beaches of Mexico, Caribbean or southern USA.

In the past four years or so, a new species of bird has arrived in British Columbia. The Eurasian collared dove is an attractive bird sporting pale grey plumage with a thin black ‘collar’ of feathers around its hind neck.