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 when the [...]

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 largely on [...]

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 the Somass [...]