On a sunny day in mid-April we drove down to Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta, just south of Vancouver. It is located on Westham Island along the south arm of the Fraser river, and has been a sanctuary and conservation area since the 1960s. We probably arrived a bit late in the day for optimal […]
Friends gave us their season ticket seats to watch last nights game between the Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5W-3L-1D) and D.C. United (4W-1L-2D). The game got off to a quick start with Morales scoring within the first few minutes, but the Caps eventually lost 2-1, partially as a result of being one man down for more than […]
A flock of Dark-eyed Junco’s (Junco hyemalis) spent a few days in our backyard last week, but seem to have moved on. According to Peterson’s Field Guide Junco’s were divided into four main species (Oregon Junco, Gray-headed Junco, Slate-coloured Junco and White-winged Junco), but recently there has been a lot of inter-breeding and hybridization making […]
I spent the second week of April in Indonesia attending a variety of meetings and participating in PT Hatfield Indonesia’s (PTHI) 25th anniversary. The Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia, Donald Bobiash was kind enough to host our event at his official residence in Jakarta. We were also fortunate enough to have the BC Minister of International […]
I spent the first weekend of April in Bangkok en route to our office in Indonesia. Instead of staying along Sukhumvit, my “usual” haunt, I decided to spend the weekend along the banks of the Chao Phraya river in the Wat Phraya Krai district. This area has easy access to the BTS line (station BTS2, […]