Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
Through the office window on a dark rainy day, a Pileated Woodpecker and I keep an eye on each other.
bonus: the bird was frozen on this Douglas Fir for more than six hours. Only its head was moving. I’ve read this can have something to do with that pesky hawk again. (after an altercation with a predator, the woodpecker may not return to its nest until the hawk has left the area)
The roots of this fir tree were entering the septic system and had to go. Thomas came by to take it down and to do some dangerous tree maintenance on the other side of the property.
Here’s an animation of Thomas using the bucket truck and guiding this 200 lb piece of Arbutus to the ground:
Lots of yellow on a wet grey Salt Spring Island day.
A fleeting glimpse of fall colour in Ganges; reflected in a wee Fiat parked outside the fire hall.