Vancouver Island Nature Tours

Classic adult Herring Gull Originally uploaded by TheRainbird Contrary to many Vancouver Islander’s opinion Herring Gulls are not the common gull species on Vancouver Island. The Glaucous-winged Gull is. I was guilty of this for the first two years I was on the island. Adult Herring Gulls are relativley easy to distinguish from the Glaugous-winged. [...]

Many people think that winter still has its icy grip on us. But there are a few signs of spring already in the fields and forests of Vancouver Island. One of them is that the Beaked Hazelnut bushes are in bloom. Hazelnuts are large shrubs found in the wild lowland areas of Vancouver Island. They [...]