We meet at the ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.
Last week the annual Trekkers beach potluck and clam bake was held at Raven Bay and was well attended. I have just returned from my annual two week birdwatching trip to Vancouver Island and was not able to do the last two hikes, but I will be guide for this next one.
I have problems sending out the weekly emails sometimes and the last two were affected in different ways. I had to skip the one for last week and the one before it seems to have failed to reach some of the intended recipients including the website blog at www.gilliesbay.ca. I'm not sure what the problem was and I hope things are working properly again this week.
On my last day on the island I was on a sandy beach at Kye Bay just south of the Little River ferry dock in Comox and saw a lone shorebird that I don't think I have ever seen before. It came quite close and I was pleased I managed to get a good photo of it as shorebirds can be so difficult to identify from memory. This one is a Marbled Godwit, quite a large bird that nests in summer on the prairies in Canada and the northern states and spends the rest of the year on both east and west coasts mainly feeding on sandy beaches. This individual is an adult in breeding plumage.
JD.
A lone adult Marbled Godwit, a shorebird that nests on the Canadian prairies and the adjacent states.
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