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Guess who is eating ALL the berries?!

#photography #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife

A black-tailed deer eating blackberries from a very large and tall bush full of berries.

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View from a private photo tour last week on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

#photography #FotoMontag #MountainMonday #LandscapePhotography #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

Mountain shrouded in clouds with the peak and a slope barely visible. There is a forest mostly of fir trees in the foreground.

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Tiny mushroom down in the duff. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/09/slow-start-of-mushroom-season.html #VancouverIsland #Mushrooms #Fungi #NaturePhotography

A very tiny mushroom, rather like a tan dressmaker's pin. About 1.5 cm. tall. It grows on the forest floor, between fragments of moss and Douglas-fir twigs. The brown arrow shape at the top is one of the tiny "mouse tails" (so imagined) that hide beneath the scales of a Douglas-fir cone.

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#goth #travel question:

We have a family hobby of taking group photos with downer place signs like Spider Lake or Dead Man's Cove or whatever, and our destination list is running low. What are your favourites? Bonus if they are in #BC or especially #VancouverIsland , but anywhere is fun to know about.

Open to anything with a sign (town, hotel, road, plaque, etc) 🦇💀🪦

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Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) are cute but they dive ''all the time'' and you end up with a lot of photos of the sea. 😆 This is the female.

Le petit garrot est bien mignon mais il est toujours en train de plonger alors tu te retrouves avec plein de photos de la mer. Ceci est la femelle.

#photography #photographie #bufflehead #wildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

Small duck with a greyish brown body, dark back and head and a white patch on its cheeks. It is in a calm sea.

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Same duck but diving with its head partially under water.

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Same duck but all we see are the tails and feet, the rest is under water.

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If you'd like to capture the herring spawn on Vancouver Island, I offer daily photo tours in March. We photograph this amazing event from the shore, not from a boat so you don't need to worry about seasickness or the tour being cancelled because of a rough sea.

Max 3 guests per tour to limit our impact on wildlife. Learn more on my website: https://www.catherinebabault.com/workshops

#HerringSpawn #photography #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife

A sea lion with a herring in its mouth faces the camera. The beast is in the sea and only its head emerges from the water.

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Now is your chance to book a customized photo tour with me on Vancouver Island and save 25%! https://www.catherinebabault.com/blog/2026/5/31/book-now-and-save-25-for-a-photo-tour-in-june-july-or-august-2026

#VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #photography #PhotoTours #travel #TravelDeals #deal

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A sea otter with her pup in an inlet on Vancouver Island. Photo taken during a private photo tour in May.

#photography #SeaOtters #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife #travel

A baby sea otter next to its mum. She is on her back, they are both in the water next to a rock with yellow kelp floating next to it.

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To celebrate the end of winter, I'm offering you a 25% discount when you book a private and customized photo tour in April.

This offer is valid until Monday, March 16, 2026 only.

#photography #wildlife #nature #travel #PhotoTour #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #ExploreCanada #VancouverIslandWildlife

A barred owl up in a tree looks down at the photographer. The sky is bright blue.

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''Catherine Babault's Wild Vancouver Island is perfectly framed, visually stunning. She has clearly mastered the technical aspects of her art, and that mastery frees her to bear witness to the spirit of joy, discovery and delight that informs her engagement with the creatures and elements she portrays.'' - Tom Sandborn, Vancouver Sun.

Order a copy on my website. Worldwide shipping: https://www.catherinebabault.com/book/wild-vancouver-island-photo-book

#photography #wildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #bookstodon

Book cover with a black bear filling up most of the cover. The bear stands on sandstone and looks directly at the camera. The background is out of focus.

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This is my home, Vancouver Island. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dV35hQ0NtA I host photo tours year-round in English and French. I will take you off the beaten track to capture the beauty of this place and its amazing wildlife. If you need a break from everything, this is the place. https://www.catherinebabault.com/workshops

#VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #travel #photography #vacation #voyage

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I am a quiet and calm wildlife photographer. I move slowly. I pause often. I feel, smell and listen to nature around me. Sometimes wildlife gets close because they trust me or they are just curious.

Recently a family of Black-tailed deer, 2 females and their fawns, walked towards me and then around me while foraging. They were so close that I could have touched them. I didn't. I remained still.

Here's one of the fawns.

#photography #wildlife #nature #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland

Head and shoulders of a young deer looking to my left as it stopped next to me. There are green bushes in the background.

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#WildlifeWednesday This chunky black bear had only one thing in mind: eat salmon. Dozens of salmon were going up stream navigating their way around rocks in shallow waters when I took these photos. Do you think the bear caught a salmon?

#photography #nature #bears #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

A large black bear is in a shallow fast-flowing river with rocks here and there. It stares at the water and has one paw raised above water. He is super focused on the fish.

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In this second photo of the sequence, the bear starts running in the river, splashing water around itself. Its eyes are locked on a salmon that is not of the frame.

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Laid-back sea otter.

#photography #nature #VancouverIslandWildlife #otter #wildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia

Sea otter sleeping on its back and floating in a calm sea.

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My office earlier this week.

#photography #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

A coastal forest with fir trees and deciduous trees in light green foliage reflects in a very calm sea.

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This black bear stood in the middle of the river and focused on a spot where many salmon had gathered. The bear was keeping a close eye on their movement, waiting for the right moment to jump and catch one.

#photography #wildlife #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife