Oyster River Areas and Owls

Owls and Oyster River places today.

 I am doing all the "o" photos for ABC meme. The memes give me a focus and force me to keep organized.  I searched through my photos and found all the "o" ones that I liked.

Barn Owl at Pacific Northwest Raptor Center in Duncan, B.C. A great place to visit on Vancouver Island. 

Great Horned Owl babies I found out in the woods one day...they are so cute.

 The little one below put on quite a show for me of his new wings.

Above is a Great Horned at the Raptor Center in Duncan.
Below is a lovely Barred Owl who I though was so nice as he came and slept in my tree for a long time. He liked me and I liked him so much but.....

I liked him until he quickly pounced on one of my birds and swallowed it. He had the nerve to eat it in front of me and still sleep in my tree. It was my favorite bird too. He does look a little guilty and ashamed as he knew I was taking his photo. He stayed on my tree for a few days and I was glad when he left.

Here is another Barred Owl I got while we were out on a drive the other day...had to climb through the bush a bit to get it. He was so tired he let me walk right up to him.  Not cropped.  I always seem to be somewhere in the bush, in the mud, in a river or on a beach.

 Owl at North Island Raptor Centre..not sure what kind of owl perhaps someone will know.  Looks like a baby. They were really small perhaps Barred Owls.

Osprey eating fish near its nest.

Eagles at Salmon Point RV Resort near Oyster River...this was such an amazing place to stay and to be greeted by two eagles that spent all their time on the tree directly above our rv site.  They were not familiar with me and one would fly away immediately when it saw the camera and the other would look curiously at my Canon lens for a while. I hope they get to know me like the other eagles.  I need more time with them and to find their nest.

Salmon Point RV Resort on Vancouver Island, B.C.
This is where we stayed during our recent trips to the north Vancouver Island areas. Salmon Point Resort and Marina near the Oyster River and Campbell River, this is the marina directly in front of the rv sites.  It is so pretty there. They had a lot of fish come into the marina and not want to leave so there were fish jumping all around....how much better could it be to have eagles and fish. I was in heaven....I took bear photos all day and then came home here. They also have wonderful cabins on the water.

This is one of the fishermen who fish out at the point at Salmon Point....actually was a fisherlady!!  Cool hey.

This is the blue moon we had recently, fishermen still out fishing at sunset at Salmon Point.

Some of the rv sites at Salmon Point are right on the waterfront, I like it more back in the trees.

There is an amazing pub and restaurant there and a typical day of touring and checking out bears, birds and wildlife would end at the pub.

Then we would walk home to the rv after the sunset and listen to the fish jumping in the marina and go for a hot tub. I wish I could live there. I liked it so much.  It is open all year and is really clean.  It has all the services and incredible hot hot showers! I put it on top of my list of places to Stay and Play. I will do a complete write up on it later.  The girls who run it are super nice as well.

Oyster River, B.C. below in the northern part of Vancouver Island.

I think I sat the camera down on a rock and took this shot so it is slanted but I ended up liking it.

Ocean Centre out in Sidney, B.C. Vancouver Island

Octopus

Otters...these are River Otters at Goldstream Park, near Victoria, B.C.

Ogden Point, Victoria, B.C. Vancouver Island

Olympic Mountains off of Sooke, B.C. Vancouver Island taken from the boat when we go far out on the water and can see the mountains really good. The Olympic Mountains are in Washington state.

Water Ouzel or more commonly called a Dipper out at Goldstream.
This bird has one of the more intricate series of calls.

There it is.  All done.
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