Seasonal Newsletter – 2024
Wishing you and your family much happiness during the holidays, and all the best for the coming New Year! Joe and Kirk (the humans), and Rolly (the Jack Russell Terrier) Travel & Astronomy 2024 To... Read More
Cooper’s Hawk
Common birds, so only significant sightings are logged, or when photos are taken. 2024.05.14 6:30 PM Four birds at Fifth and Finlayson streets chasing each other in the trees, calling to each other. 2... Read More
Brown Pelican
Very common birds, so only significant sightings are recorded. 2024-04-10 & 11 – I spot several birds in the harbour while aboard Discovery Princess when docked in both Pacific coast ports o... Read More
Laughing Gull
2024-04-10, 1 PM – One gull in flight over the harbour. Aboard Discovery Princess, Puerto Vallarta, Jalsico, Mexico – photos2024JCR5BC6A4075-77 Banner image – Joe Carr photo –... Read More
Red-shafted Northern Flicker
2024-03-26, 5:07:45 PM Bird not sighted, however two feathers were on our front steps – Home, Victoria, BC. Photos: 2024JCR0V5A1628-631 2023.10.26 1:45PM A pair of Flickers at the top of a Gar... Read More
Varied Thrush
2024.03.09 10:08am – Two birds in the Hawthorn and Laburnum trees in our side yard – Home, Victoria, BC, Canada. Photos: 2024JCR5BC6A3828-3839 2024.01.10 -Single bird in the Hawthorn tree ... Read More
Barred Owl
Photo by Joe Carr – 2011JCIMG_4807 Common birds, so only significant sightings are logged, or when photos are taken. Observing locations are all in Victoria, BC, Canada unless otherwise noted. T... Read More
Seasonal Newsletter 2023
Travel This year I continued to make up for lost travel opportunities by taking two cruises with Holland America. I always enjoy being catered to while aboard the ships, the onboard entertainment is f... Read More