I was in Comox on Vancouver Island for work, and I got up early for a walk. I’d been to the river and estuary  before as part of my volunteer streamkeeper learning experiences many years ago, and it was great to see it again.

Nice to see the First Nations recognition, and panels on the ongoing habitat restoration efforts.

This Anna’s Hummingbird greeted me as I left the hotel property and stepped onto the river trail.

Common Mergansers

Lake LA-4 plane. The “pusher” configuration caught my eye. . . Online search shows it was manufactured in 1965.

White-crowned Sparrow