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ROCKIES ROAD TRIP

British Columbia Rainforest-to-Rockies

STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN E. CLARK

RICHMOND, British Because Rich‐
Columbia - A pair of mond is on the Pa‐
bald eagles circled cific Flyway, it
high in the sky above attracts massive
my small group of hik‐ migrations with
ers on the Richmond more than 300 dif‐
Bird Trail in the Terra ferent species
Nova Rural Park near recorded in the
where the mighty Terry Nova Park. In
Fraser River flows addition to eagles
into the Pacific and waxwings, we
Ocean. But it wasn’t also saw colorful
these majestic birds goldfinches, hum‐
that most grabbed mingbirds, gad‐
my attention on a walls, robins,
birding walk with guide Kris Cu. mallards, hawks
Rather, it was a haughty cedar waxwing, and more.
perched on a nearby tree and showing off Our birding foot slog was one of the first
the perfectly coiffed tufts on the back of stops on a recent rainforest-to-Rockies
its head. It also boasted a rakish black mask, road trip, which took me from Vancouver -
which made it look a bit like a bandit, and my favorite Canadian city - to Whistler. And
red-tipped wings, from which it takes its then on to Kamloops and the famed Kam‐
name. loopa pow wow, a three-day gathering that

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