Vancouver Island Nature Tours

In mid April I had two tours with people from the opposite sides of the globe. The first was a group of Eskimos or Inuit as they are now called. They were from Rankin Inlet, a small settlement on the west side of Hudson’s Bay. This place is way up north above the treeline. They [...]

It’s called the Angler’s Trail, Stamp Long River Trail, and Sayachlas t’a saa’nim in the Hupacasath language. Don’t ask me how to pronounce the last name. I have no idea! I did find out that it means Stamp Long River Trail! This trail was constructed a year and a half ago by local people with [...]

A couple of days ago a fellow birder from nearby Parksville, announced that he had found a male three-toed woodpecker on the slopes of Mount Arrowsmith. This is a rare bird for Vancouver Island! Later he gave out the UTM coordinates for those with GPSs. So today, I thought I would look for it since [...]