British Columbia, Canada, 2005

A great holiday touring through beautiful countryside. My wife and I toured using a hired Campervan. This proved to be an excellent way to see BC's nature as we were able to stay in Provincial Park Campgrounds. This meant that we were always in excellent habitat from the time we woke, until the time when we were just too tired to enjoy any more. We are planning to go back to BC next year, but this time to include the Rockies.

Marina and waterfront.

Waterfront

Bald Eagle

Pileated Woodpecker

Raccoon

Raccoon

Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)

Goosander, (Common Merganser) (Mergus merganser)

American Beaver (Castor canadensis)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).

Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Bella Pacifica Campground, Tofino.

The beach in front of the Bella Pacifica Campground, Tofino.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

Candy Stick

Western Coral Root

Upper Myra Falls, Strathcona Prov. Park.

Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)

Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)

Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)

Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio sp)

Darner Dragonfly (Aeshna sp)

Our campervan at our pitch in the Coldspring Campground.

Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamais amoenus)

Columbian Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Small lake on the Rein Orchid Trail.

White Bog-Orchid (Rein-orchid) (Habenaria dilatata).

Manning Park Visitor Centre and a distant LIghtning Lake from the Cascade Lookout viewpoint.

Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus)

Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)

Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)

Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

Alpine Meadow plants, including the Common Red Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata).

American Pika (Ochotona collaris)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

Red Squirrel (Tamiascuirus hudsonicus).

Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)

Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

California Quail (Callipepla califronica)

California Quail (Callipepla californica).

Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily (Calochorfus macrocarpus)

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus ruber)

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

Vaseux Lake, Okanagan Valley.

White Lake, Okanagan Grasslands.

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)

Great Northern Diver (Common Loon) (Gavia immer).

Shoeshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)

Red Squirrel (Tamiascuirus hudsonicus)

Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum)