Vancouver Island Nature Tours

It has been a very busy period here at Rainbird Excursions. So I haven’t had time to sit down and write a few notes about what has been going on. This year there have been Dutch, Germans, Australians, Americans and even Canadians enjoying the trips. The weather that had been pretty mediocre throughout June has [...]

Last Friday I took a drive up to Labour Day Lake. For those who don’t know, Labour Day Lake is a fairly high elevation lake that is the source of the Cameron River, the River that runs through Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island. I wanted to see how much snow was still around. We had [...]

Edited: 10 Feb 2009 I have been to the Nahmint Recreation Site a couple of times recently. And many more times in the past. Each time I go I am amazed that the place is so empty. How many places on Vancouver Island can you go and camp or picnic in a pristine old-growth stand [...]

I have been working for two years to get a tour to see the Vancouver Island Marmot going. Primarily, there was resistance from the British Columbia Ministry of Environment (MoE) because these animals are so rare.However we have reached an agreement that they will address government concerns and the tours will go ahead starting in [...]

I got a thank you message today from a young couple who went to the Cous Creek estuary with me earlier in the month. I guess they just got back home to Florida. They said they really enjoyed the hike and would be glad to give a testimonial. Don’t they look great together? In case [...]

Once in a while I get a call or an email from someone wanting to know about the JV Clyne Bird Sanctuary. JV Clyne was some executive for MacMillan Bloedel, the big timber company that was bought by Weyerhaeuser, which then was bought by Brascan etc. Ya, this is pretty ancient history. Anyway, the area [...]