Expedition Canada

And Ants Morning on Mixal Mon Jun 14th The instructions for the cabin remind us that all garbage must be kept inside because of bears and that mosquitos and ants are a fact of life in Canada, more so when you are surrounded by water.  Windows all have screens and doors are recommended to be kept shut.  They are not screened. Fine in theory, but on the warm days we have had the doors open.  So far we've only had few problems with either, other than a few night-time bites.  Outside, ants (and some are probably termites but I've not worked out the difference) are certainly  more prolific than in the UK.  Painted Turtle They even managed to discover the hummingbird feeder hanging on the  underside of the roof eaves.  Ant killer in the bowl on the top kept them off for a couple of days, but in the end the feeder had to be moved.  It was heaving with large black ants inside (drowned) and outside the feeder. We now wait to see how long it takes...

 Round Trip  Sat May 8th After the excitement  of the morning aerial display from the birds of prey swooping to help the seagulls with the shoal of fish that were passing by, it was off for more property exploring.   An early morning stroll along the beach and we came across one of the many Great Blue Heron.  A really graceful bird in the air. For those that did not see the blog for Friday, some 15 or so Bald and Golden Eagles (mostly Bald) were attracted by a huge flock of seagulls attacking a shoal of fish about 1km out to sea.  They were too far away and spaced out to get a good shot, but the top pic shows four of the Bald Eagles and a Golden Eagle.  Once they had fish in claw, they flew back behind us for breakfast before repeating the journey.  It must have gone on for the best part of an hour.  An amazing spectacle. The first visit was to Roberts Creek a small community about 10k down the road towards Sechelt.   A really ...