Pacific Northwest road trip – August 2026
Hi all, Sharing another report from a fun but very hectic road trip across the Pacific Northwest of the US and Canada. 7 nights (5 of which were spent looking for mammals), over 25
Marmots and Mountain Beavers of the PNW
My first mammal watching trip report on my encounters with two species of Marmot and the elusive mountain beaver in the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA and Vancouver Island, BC,
Vancouver Island and Jasper, August 2023
This past summer I had the opportunity to visit Canada on a family holiday for two weeks. It wasn´t an exhaustive wildlife watching vacation, but we did a whale watching trip, and
New Trip Report: Vancouver Island
A great report from Jeff Higdon. Vancouver Island & a bit of mainland BC, 2022: Jeff Higdon, 1 week & 21 species including Townsend’s Vole, Grizzly Bear & (a dead
New Trip Report: Northern British Columbia
Here’s a first report from wildlife photographer Jamie Lamb (you can check out some of his wonderful photos at https://www.elusive-images.co.uk ) Northern British Columbia &
New Trip Report: Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island, 2019: Sheelagh Halsey, 2 weeks & 17 species including Vancouver Island Marmot, River Otter, Mink and Grizzly and Black Bears. Jon
New Trip Report: Vancouver Island and the Yukon
Here’s a new report from Samuel Marlin. Good to see that there are still so many mammals in spots I visited 12 years ago. Vancouver Island and the Yukon, 2018: Samuel Marlin,
British Columbia
I can't claim to have even scratched the surface of British Columbia. But I can claim to have visited Vancouver Island three times. I spent 3 nights there in late May 2006, primari