A Thing as Lovely as a Tree
Vanilla Leaf - Hermitage - May14, 2017
Bleeding Heart - Hermitage - May15, 2017
Dogwood - Hermitage - May 12, 2017
Fawn Lilies - Bear Creek Park - May 1, 2017
Liquorice Fern - Ores Park - April 26, 2017
Salmonberry - Hermitage - April 20 , 2017
Daffodils - Courtenay - April 12, 2017
Bear Creek Park - April 1, 2017
First Leaves of Bleeding Heart - Hermitage - March 28, 2016
Greater Yellowlegs - SaratogaBeach - March 26, 2017
Robin on my lawn - Hermitage - March 14, 2017
Swans - Near Tsolum School - Feb 18, 2017
Deer in Snow - Hermitage - March 1, 2017
Bald Eagle, Third Year - Feb. 22, 2017 - Oyster Bay
Hermitage in Winter - Blue Days
Hermitage in Winter
Snowdrops - Hermitage
Varied Thrush - Saratoga Beach
Swans
Courtenay South
Snow on Dogwood - December 9, 2016
Swan Landing
Beautiful BC: Sky - Water- Earth
Swan in Flight
Brewers Blackbird - Summer 2016 - south of Courtenay
Sockeye Salmon - Adams River - Haig Brown Conservation Centre
Autumn Maples - Hermitage - October 8, 2016
Autumn - September 5, 2016 - Hermitage
Pearly Everlasting - Ores Hatchery - September 2016
Douglas Fir Cones - Oyster River Hatchery - September 14, 2016
Dogwood Second Flowering - Hermitage - August 26, 2016
Siberian Miner's Lettuce - August 2016
Pilated Woodpecker - Hermitage - August 26, 2016
Western Sandpiper, Juvenile - Oyster Bay - August 5, 2016
Least Sandpiper - OysterBay - August 8, 2016
Semipalmated Plover - Oyster Bay - August 4, 2016
Hardhack - Dove Creek - July 15, 2016
Morning Glory - Puntledge River - July 15, 2016
Ocean Spray - DoveCreek - July 4, 2016
The Ram - Bridges Rd - June 2016
Young rabbit - ORES Hatchery - June 15, 2016
Dogwood Fruit - Hermitage - June 20, 2016
Swainsons Thrush - Red Elderberry - June 15, 2016
Young Rufous Hummingbird - Hermitage - June 10, 2016
Cowbird - Black Creek - July 2015
Wild Rose - ORES Hatchery - May 15, 2016
Dowwitcher, OysterBay - May12, 2016
BC Nature AGM 2016
Dogwood - Hermitage - April 15, 2016
Dandelions - Puntledge Reserve, Courtenay - April 11, 2016
Skunk Cabbage - Oyster River Hatchery - April 11, 2016
Red Flowering Currant - Hermitage - April 1, 2016
Gold Star - Point Holmes - March 20, 2016
Salmonberry - Hermitage - March 19 2016
Red Alder flowers (catkins - male) along Highway 19, March 4, 2016
Bleeding Heart leafing - Hermitage - March 1, 2016
Sunrise - Oyster River Estuary
Common Merganser, Female, OysterBay - Feb 16, 2016
Buffalo - Hamm Road, Black Creek - Feb. 11, 2016
Scoters - Oyster Bay - January 29, 2016
Snowdrops - Hermitage - January 26, 2016
Swans in flight - Dec 4, 2009 - UBC
Young buck - Hermitage - January 2, 2016
Winter - Hermitage - January 1, 2016
Highland Cow - Sea View Farm, Black Creek - December 1, 2015
Glacier, mountains above Courtenay - December 15, 2015
Golden-crowned sparrow (non-breeding) - Comox - December 14, 2015
Mitllenach Island - December 11, 20l5
Coast Mountains from Oyster Bay - October 2015
Elk Falls - November 14 2015
Oyster Catchers - near Big Rock, Campbell River - Oct 15, 2015
Last leaf - Hermitage - November 5, 2015
First Snow - Mt. Washington - November 2, 2015
Fall: Large Leaf Maple - Hermitage - October 29, 2015
Japanese Maple - SaratogaBeach - October 14, 2015
Semipalmated Plover - Oyster Bay - August 21, 2015
Dogwood Leaves - May 31, 2015 Hermitage
Autumn Leaves - Miracle Beach Park - September 27 2015
Mack Laing Park - Shakesides Cairn and Plaque - Comox
Mack Laing Shakesides House - Comox
Red Crossbill (female) - Oyster Bay - August 6 2015
Least Sandpiper - Oyster Bay - August 5, 2015
Western Sandpiper, Oyster Bay, August 6 2015
Female Pileated Woodpecker feeding on dogwood fruit - Hermitage, Aug. 24, 20l5
Pink Salmon moving upstream, bridge above Hatchery, Headquarters Creek - August 19 2015
Tansy - Dove Creek Area - August 1 2015
Western Sandpiper - Oyster Bay - August 3 2015
Peeps - Oyster Bay - May 15 2015
Young Rufous Hummingbird - Hermitage
Ocean Spray - Saratoga Beach - June 20, 2015
Four pointer - Comox - June 25,2015
Hardhack - June 25, 2015 - Dove Creek
Nootka Rose - Hermitage, June 20, 2015
SwainsonsThrush, RedElderberry - Hermitage, June 18 2015
Young Warbler (orange-crowned?), Hermitage - June 6 2015
Swainsons Thrush - Hermitage, May31, 2015
Wesrtern Trumpet Honeysuckle - Hermitage - May 21, 2015
Thimbleberry- May 14, 2015
Robins Nest Leaving - May 3, 2015
Dogwood - Hermitage - April 20, 2015
Greater Yellowlegs - Oyster Bay - March 15, 2015
Garter Snake - Hermitage - April 17, 2015
Trillium - Hermitage - April 16 2015
Fawn Lily, white and pink - Black Creek Nature Park, April 8, 2015
Mt. Albert Edwards - March 21, 2015
Bleeding Heart - Hermitage - March 20 2015
Red-flowering Currant, Hermitage. March 16 20l5
Daffodils - March 9 2014
Sea lions - Fanny Bay - March 5 2015
Salmonberry - Feb 22, 2015
Mitlenatch Island from Oyster Bay
Sunrise - Oyster River Estuary
Red-breasted Merganser and breakfast - January 15, 2015
Snowdrops, harbinger of Spring - Hermitage, January 17, 2015
Ring Necked Duck - Lazo Marsh - April 18, 2013
Coast Mountains from Oyster Bay Dec 2 2014
Belted Kingfisher - male - Courtenay airpark
Surf Scoters - Oyster Bay - December 10, 2014
Deer - Hermitage
Elk Falls - Nov 9, 2014
Black Bellied Plovers - August 23, 2014 - Oyster Bay
Wild Rose rose hips - Courtenay airpark - Sept 27, 2014
Snow Geese, adult and juvenile, Oct 20 2014 Comox Bay Farm
Pink Salmon on spawning grounds Sept 24 2014 Oyster River
Autumn Maples October 8 2014 Hermitage
Bonaparte's Gull - First Year - Oyster River - Sept 14 2014
Sitka Mountain Ash - Courtenay - Sept 8 2014
Sooty Grouse dusting - August 1 2014
Morning Glory - Aug 15, 2014 - Royston
Semipalmated Plover - Oyster Bay - August 4 2014
Honeysuckle - May 27, 2014 - Hermitage
Least Sandpiper- August 6, 2014
Merlins at play - July 28, 2014 - Hermitage
Hardhack - July 14 2014 - Dove Creek area
Cougar - Hermitage
Swainson's Thrush, red elderberry - June 18 2014
Red Elderberry - June 22 2014 - Black Creek
Gray Jay - juvenile - Strathcona Wilderness Institute June 24 2014
Gray Jay (Wiskey Jack) Mt Washington, June 14 2014
Twins Hermitage June 11 2014
Nootka Rose May 24 2014
Green Heron Courtenay Airpark May 27 2014
Dogwood - Northy Lake - May 17, 2014
Northern Flicker Hermitage May 10 2014
Big Leaf Maple flowers May 2 2014
Skunk Cabbage - May 1 2014
Rufous Hummingbird, Male - Hermitage April 9, 2014
Salmonberry with pollinator - April 14 2014
Banded Black Brant - Oyster River Estuary, April 7, 2014
Rufous Hummingbird (female) andRedElderberry - March 24, 2014
Red Flowering Currant - March 27, 2014
Mountains above Courtenay March 7 2014
Salmonberrry March 9 2014
Herring Fishery March 2014
Herring Fishery March 2014
Herring Fishery March 2014 Point Holmes
Herring Fishery March 2014
Chestnut-Backed Chicadee - Feb 19 2014 - Hermitage
Surf Scoters male & female Feb 7 2014
Stellar Sea Lion - Feb10, Fanny Bay
Bufflehead, male & female, Feb. 5, 2014
Eagles - Comox Reserve Jan 24 2014
Snowdrops Jan 20
OysterBay - January 2014
Snowdrops - January 10, 2014
Antelope Canyon, July 2007
Swan
Winter Snow Berries
Kingfisher fishing
Holly - Hermitage Dec. 5, 2013
Peacock - Black Creek
Dunlins - Oyster Bay
Dunlins - Oyster Bay
Coho spewing with cutthroat waiting
Hermit Thrush
Pintail male and female
Bushtit
Autumn
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Spider and web
Pink Salmon in the Tsolum
Osprey
Osprey
Western Sandpiper
Dowitchers - Oyster Bay
Lesser & Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpipers - Oyster Bay
Buffalo Black Creek
Tansy
Mt Albert Edward
Hardhack
Swainson's Thrush juvenile
Ocean Spray 2
Ocean Spray 1
Hairy Woodpecker
Bald Eagle - Mt. Washington
Oxeye Daisies
Black Oystercatchers
Cow Parsnip
Common Merganser, male and female
Thimbleberry, May15
Holly - new berries and flowers forming
Band tailed Pigeon
Sea Lions - South of Hornby Ferry, April 24
Dogwood
Black Brants
2 Black Brants
Fawn Lilies
Skunk Cabbage
Red-flowering Currant
Gulls feeding on Herring spawn
Rufous Hummingbird
Bleeding Heart spring leaves
Salmonberry
Robin
Red Huckleberry in bud - February 22, 2013
Ruby crowned Kinglet
Snowdrops Feb 2 2013
Three Swans - Winner of the MARS EagleFest Contest in 2012
Snowdrops January 25, 2013
Raccoon
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Green-winged Teal
Varied Thrush
Christmas Holly
Mute Swan
American Coot
American Coot
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Greater White fronted Geese (Juveniles)
Double-crested Cormorants, Pelagic Cormorants and Black Oystercatchers
Black-tailed Deer
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Glaucous winged Gull (Juvenile)
Spotted Sandpiper - non-breeding plumage
Tundra Swan
Black Turnstone non-breeding
Large Leaf Maple
Red breasted Nuthatch
Cooper's Hawk
Gumweed
Gumweed on beach
Domestic Goose
Thimbleberry fruit
Thimbleberry flower
Western Sandpipers (juvenile) with Black Bellied Plover
Least Sandpiper - juvenile
Bonapartes Gull
Pearl Lake, headwaters of the Oyster River
Juvenile Franklin and Bonaparte's gulls
Franklin gull in flight
Northwestern Crow
Fireweed
Red Elderberry Fruit
Red Elderberry Flower
Swainsons Thrush nesting in Red Elderberry
Ratus ratus
Red Squirrel in Screech Owl nesting box
Short-billed Dowitcher - breeding plumage
Wimbrels
Red Knot & RuddyTurnstone with Black-Bellied Plover
Male Turkey near Rosewall Creek
Female Turkey near Rosewall Creek
Flowering Dogwood close-up
Flowering Dogwood
Black Bear, Hermitage, BlackCreek
Dunlins in Flight
Dunlins Feeding Oyster Bay
Cinnamon Teal - male and female
California Gull - Qualicum Beach
Fawn Lily
Black Brants in flight
Black Brants feeding on herring spawn
Eagle nest in cottonwood tree
Eagle in Nest
Pigeon Guillemot - non-breeding
Sea lions near Denman Ferry slip - after feeding on herring (photo by Charles Brandt)
Common Merganser - Male
Canada Geese
Defiant Bald Eagle
Snowdrops- Harbinger of Spring
Sandhill Cranes Dancing
Nevada 2011
Starling - non breeding plumage
Black Turnstone - non-breeding plumage
Young Ravens - 4 months old
Yellow-Headed Blackbird - male
Yellow-headed Blackbird - female
White-Winged Scoter
White-Crowned Sparrow
Trumpeter Swans
Surf Scoters
Semi-Palmated Plover
Savannah Sparrow
Sanderling - juvenile
Sanderling
Rufous Hummingbird
Rock Wren
Rock Pigeon
Redwing Blackbird - male
Redwing Blackbird - female
Pine Siskin
Northern Shoveler - female
Mourning Dove
Mountain Bluebird - male
Mountain Bluebird - home
Mountain Bluebird - female
Many Eagles
Mallards in flight
Mallard
Least Sandpiper
Lambing Time
Kildeer
Rock Pigeons
Greater Scaup group
Greater Scaup - female
Great Blue Heron
Golden Crowned Sparrow - male
Golden Crowned Sparrow
Glaucous Winged Gull - breeding plummage
Eurasian Wigeon - group
Eurasian Wigeon
Dunlins Feeding
Day old Fawn
Day old Fawn
Common Golden Eye Group
Common Golden Eye
California Gull
California Gull
Bufflehead Group
Bufflehead
Brewers Blackbird - male
Brewers Blackbird - female
Bonapartes Gull - stages of maturity
Bonapartes Gull - mature
Black Scoters
Black Oyster Catchers
Black-Bellied Plover - non-breeding
Black-Bellied Plover - breeding
Black Brants
Barred Owl
American Wigeon
Surf Scoters
White-Winged Scoter
Western Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Trumpeter Swans
Townsends Warbler
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Two Swans
Swan Abstract
Trumpeter Swan
Steller Jay
Saw Whet Owl
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Ruddy Duck
Ring Billed Gull
Red Squirrel
Northwest Crow
Mew Gull in flight
Kildeer
Mew Gull
Immature Trumpeter Swans
Immature Bald Eagle
House Finch - female
Hooded Mergansers
Harlequin Ducks
Gull Turnstones Plover
Great Blue Heron
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eagle Landing
Dunlins
Dowitcher
Dark-Eyed Junco
Cougar
Chestnut-Backed Chicadee
Trumpeter Swans
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Fox Sparrow
Black Turnstone
Pelagic and Double-Breasted Cormorants
Bonapartes Gull
Black Brants
Black-Bellied Plover
American Goldfinch
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Community Calendar
Jun
6
Tue
The Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox will be displaying a new show on June 6th entitled “Landscapes and Other Things – 2”. The show not only has oil and acrylic paintings of landscapes, but also includes elements from the fishing aspect of life on the West Coast.
It will showcase works by Lorna Welch, who has resided in Zeballos on the West Coast of the Island with her husband Larry for over 20 years, and David Netterville, who retired with his partner Louise to the Comox Valley from Europe about 10 years ago.
Many of Lorna Welch’s paintings depict the historical settings around the picturesque village of Zeballos, which was first populated in the early 1930s when gold was discovered in the surrounding hills. Logging came to the Zeballos area in the early 1950s and an iron mine operated for a while after being opened in 1962. It was logging along with the budding tourism industry, however that offered the most jobs and hope for the future. In addition to capturing the rustic energy of the early buildings, Lorna has also painted works of wildlife on paddles and fishing floats.
David spent many holidays in the Zeballos area and around Vancouver Island for nearly 30 years while living overseas before retiring to the Comox Valley in 2008. Since locating to the Island he has taken up painting and says that he still struggles to find a style and learn more about composition. While working primarily with oil paints and doing landscapes from photographs, with the occasional sojourn into painting with his eyes closed, he considers painting sessions to be therapeutic.
The art show and sale will be from Tuesday, June 6 until Sunday, June 24. The Pearl Ellis Gallery is located at 1729 Comox Avenue in Comox and the show is open from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A reception will be
held at the Gallery on Saturday, June 10 between 1 and 4 pm when it will be possible to meet both of the artists and discuss their work.
Jun
21
Wed
Miners’ Memorial Weekend welcomes hundreds from across the west coast for a weekend filled with passionate exchange and respectful remembrance in the Village of Cumberland, June 21 – 24. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the event.
The week kicks off with a film double header presented by the Cumberland branch of Vancouver Island Regional Library, 5:30 – 7:30pm on Wednesday, June 21. Learn about the rise and fall of the Dunsmuir family and the legacy of Hatley Park in ‘Whatever the cost: Hatley Park and the Dunsmuirs’, and the life and death of labour activist Ginger Goodwin with contemporary conversations in ‘Goodwin’s Way’. These two documentaries highlight the stark difference between the opulent wealth of the Dunsmuir family, and the atrocious working conditions of the Dunsmuir mines in Cumberland which led to labour unrest in the area.
On Thursday, June 22, the Cumberland Museum and Archives is pleased to present author, activist, and stand-up comedian Charles Demers at the Cumberland Cultural Centre. Demers has performed for national television and radio audiences, and at the Just for Laughs Festival. He is one of the most frequently returning stars of CBC Radio’s smash-hit comedy show The Debaters. Local poets Shayne avec i grec and Comox Valley Poet Laureate Natalie Nickerson open the show at 7:30pm.
The Songs of the Workers is Miners Memorial Weekend’s Friday night tradition. This classic pub night welcomes local and visiting musicians to share songs and poems in the working class tradition from past to present. Locally brewed beer, pizza, and fantastic company in the OAP Hall starting at 7pm.
Saturday morning’s pancake breakfast from 9-11am at the C.R.I. is by donation, and welcome to all. Following breakfast, join Karver Everson, K’omoks and Kwakwaka’wakw artist, and Keisha Everson, teacher and member of the K’omoks First Nation, as they present on the history of the region. At 1pm the graveside ceremony begins at the Cumberland cemetery where tributes are shared and flowers are laid at the grave of Ginger Goodwin and the many Cumberland fallen miners. From there, the ceremony moves to the Japanese cemetery for the laying of roses and a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the uprooting of Cumberland’s Japanese-Canadian communities. Saturday concludes with a community supper at the Cultural Centre including guest speakers, music, food and drink.
Most events are free, or by donation, with proceeds supporting exhibits and programs at the Cumberland Museum and Archives. Find the full schedule plus tickets for the Charles Demers show and Community Supper at www.cumberlandmuseum.ca
FMI: 250-336-2445
engage@cumberlandmuseum.ca
Jun
24
Sat
For more info go to our website – www.cumberlandmuseum.ca
Jun 24 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
K’omoks First Nation workshop with Karver and Keisha Everson.
For more info go to our website – www.cumberlandmuseum.ca
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