Vancouver Island Nature Tours

Welcome Figures by the Somass River Originally uploaded by TheRainbird If you would love to see a black bear in the wild in a very safe location, this is about the best and most convenient place to do it on Vancouver Island. Across the river is a wild natural area that is frequented by bears [...]

Heli-logging in the Nimpkish Originally uploaded by mgsbird It’s the worst form of logging you can imagine! Apart from the profligate use of fossil fuels, it leaves way more waste on the ground than from conventional logging. And therefore makes it extremely difficult to plant trees through the slash. So reforestation success is uncertain depending [...]

Curious Violet-green Swallow Originally uploaded by TheRainbird It’s been a long cold winter on Vancouver Island. and in some respects it isn’t over. We woke up to snow on the ground on April Fool’s Day, and again last this morning. Despite that, there was a large flock of Violet-green swallows over the far side of [...]