Christmas Spirit
Actually it's a spirit bear for Christmas! This old guy was taking a breather from fishing on a river here on the BC coast a while back. I hope you…
Ice Bear
This is actually a spring shot rather than a winter shot, which features a sub-adult grizzly bear coming down an ice slide on one of the steep mountain sides in the…
Old Ewe
I came across this lone female California Bighorn sheep on my trip home from the Khutzeymateen back in early July. I was surprised to see her alone as big horn…
Spirit Bear and Salmon
I took this shot - featuring a spirit bear with a pink salmon - on an island in the Great Bear Rainforest a while back. It is one of my…
Looking Grumpy
Here's an old favourite that we haven't seen here for a few months, the Bald Eagle. This guy was sitting on a mooring piling positioned just outside the breakwater of…
Cheeky Chap
Caught just at the right moment, this yearling grizzly bear cub seems to be showing the nearby photographers exactly what he thinks of the attention he is getting and with…
Shimmering Bull Kelp
This is Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) shimmering away in the summer sun and it is a common sight here on the BC coast at that time of year. Bull kelp…
Wrestling Buddies… Or Shall We Dance?
Go with whichever title you like best for this shot, which was taken a while back. It features two sub-adult grizzly bears that were basically buddies that spent the summer hanging…
Fishing Heron
This is a Great Blue Heron fishing on a creek I regularly visit in the hope of catching grizzly bears fishing, but on this occasion it was this young heron…
(Super) Star
This is a sub-adult grizzly bear that has featured many times here on the Steve Williamson Photography blog over recent years. She really has become a star of the Khutzeymateen…
Spatterdock
This is one of my favourite aquatic plants, I don't really know why, but I always find myself looking for them in the spring/early summer whenever I'm in the vicinity…
The Art of Fishing…
Black bear style. This very patient black bear stood for sometime on a river here on the BC coast, waiting and watching, sometimes with mouth agape in the hope of…
Riverbank Grizzly
Here is an early fall shot from a couple of years back. This female grizzly bear had just come up on to a riverbank after feeding on salmon down in…
Pika
This little mammal is found throughout North America and is one of several sub-species of Pika found around the world. The American Pika (Ochotona princeps) is found at high rocky…
Winter’s A Comin’
Yesterday morning I saw my first 'regatta' of the season in a local field - for those of us here in the Comox Valley on the BC coast, it is…