Recently, I was asked about the story behind the photo in my website’s banner. These are humpback whales and what they’re doing is really cool. It’s called “cooperative bubble-net feeding.” Here’s how it happens, as I understand it. A small group of humpbacks come together and they begin cruising along shorelines to locate schools of […]
Great Bear Rainforest
The Boss of Gribbell Island
This fall I met the Boss of Gribbell Island. He appeared almost ghost-like out of the rising morning mist up stream from our viewing platform above the Ryordan River. Downstream, a black bear looked up from feeding on a salmon carcass and nervously moved off into the surrounding forest with several backward glances. To our […]
Ethics of Wildlife Photography
Over the past decade, I’ve steadily become more and more concerned about the impacts of photography on wildlife. I’m seeing and hearing of too many instances where people are getting far too close to wild animals to get an epic shot with their cell phones or point-and-shoot cameras. Such behaviour can trigger a defensive response […]