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Author Archives: Jacques Sirois - "Going Wild In My Kayak"
Going Wild in my Kayak #5: Grey Whales, Colourful Tales
By Jacques Sirois in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada’s Kayaking Capital. One of the greatest events of the year is underway along the Pacific coast of Canada: the spring migration of about 20,000 Grey Whales from their warm, Mexican, winter calving grounds in Baja California to their frigid, summer feeding grounds in Alaska and Canada’s [...]
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Celebrate Victoria Harbour | Going Wild in my Kayak #4
Kayakers justifiably love Vancouver Island for its marine wilderness. But a surprising amount and diversity of wildlife also thrives in its many harbours.
Going Wild In My Kayak #3 – Cool Arctic Buzz
Going Wild in my Kayak #3: Cool Arctic Buzz on our Pacific Shores By Jacques Sirois in Victoria, B.C., Canada’s Kayaking Capital. Have you seen or heard any “Quilliquliaq” “Ahaanliq” and “Ookpik” out there lately ? This is how the Inuit call the Black-bellied Plover, Long-tailed Duck, and Snowy Owl, respectively. These Arctic breeders winter [...]
Going Wild in my Kayak #2 – A Perfect Winter Day.
Jacques Sirois, Canadian naturalist, scientist and Ocean River Adventures blogger writes winter paddling on his kayak and observing birds, seals, sea lions and river otters off the shore of Victoria, B.C. Canada
Going Wild in My Kayak #1:
James the Human Otter and Eskimo Roll Master Along with encounters of playful otters, frisky murrelets and stealthy fish, I occasionally meet remarkable kayakers on our coastal waters. Meet James Manke, 34, for example. He grew up in the interior of British Columbia, in Kamloops, and moved to Vancouver Island a decade ago. I first [...]
Jacques Sirois – nature writer at Ocean River in Victoria.
I love the ocean, kayaking, looking for wildlife and meeting pleasant characters “out there”. I hope to share my passion and discoveries with you in a new feature – Going Wild in my Kayak – in the Ocean River blog and newsletters. I see Victoria as Canada’s Kayaking Capital and Vancouver Island as its Kayaking [...]
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