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Guess who is eating ALL the berries?!

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

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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.

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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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Spend three days capturing the beauty of autumn on Vancouver Island and its amazing wildlife. Small group of three for a better experience and lesser impact on the environment.

Let me show you some of my favourite places for nature photography on Vancouver Island.

Learn more on my website: https://www.catherinebabault.com/workshops/fall-colours-on-vancouver-island-16-to-18-october-2026

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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.

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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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One of my busiest time of the year is about to start with the return of the salmon. That annual event attracts a lot of wildlife such as black bears and a keen interest from amateur and pro wildlife photographers.
Don't worry if I don't post every day, nothing bad has happened, I will simply spend a lot of time in the field with guests. Long days ahead. I still have some availability for private tours in September if you're interested.

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Female black bear walking behind her cute cub and towards the photographer. They are on a rocky shoreline with sandstones partially covered by yellow kelp and puddles left by the receding sea.

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#SilentSunday #photography #VancouverIslandWildlife

A sea otter floats on its back while holding a crustacean with its front paws and eating it. The sea looks calm and dark green due to the reflection of the coastal forest.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Sea otter sleeping on its back and floating in a 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.

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Chunky black bear in a fast-flowing river stares at a spot in the water. It looks super focused.

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Mrs. and Mr. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) on an early morning stroll at a marsh.

Spotted during a recent photo tour. We heard their call first so we approached very slowly and quietly.

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A female and male wood ducks on a fallen tree with moss that is resting above a marsh. There are trees in the background and they are out of focus. The wood duck is about 43–52 centimetres (17–20.5 inches) long. Both male and female have a characteristic head crest. The crest of the male has two longitudinal white stripes. His purple and green head, red-brown breast flecked with white, and bronze sides are readily identifiable. The distinguishing feature of the female is a white eye-ring; her body is a sooty gray-brown, with white throat and white streaked breast.

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#SilentSunday #photography #VancouverIslandWildlife

Close-up of the leaves of a common catail with rain drops on them. The background is light green and out of focus.

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Egg Yolk Jellyfish haunting the Pacific Ocean near Vancouver Island.

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A jellyfish that looks like a poached egg floating near the surface of a calm greyish sea.

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Mama Grizzly in a field of wildflowers on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Isn't she beautiful?

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A light brown grizzly sow in a lush meadow with tall green grass, pink and white wildflowers. She looks away to something outside the frame. We can only see her back, shoulders and head because the grass is tall.

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This gorgeous chunky black bear just spotted a delicious salmon. At this time of year, bears consume up to 20,000 calories per day. It is called hyperphagia. I can only hope to eat that much! 😆

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Huge black bear standing in a river, water flowing fast over its feet. The bear faces the photographer but its eyes are focused on a fish a few metres in front of them.

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A fawn sticks its tongue out at me as I catch it with its mother, eating the last of the blackberries.

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A black-tailed deer doe with her head in a very luscious and tall bush full of blackberries. Her fawn stands next to her and looks at the photographer. The fawn sticks its tongue out.

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We interrupt your regular program for a photo of a flying dinosaur on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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A great blue heron flying with its wings extended. There is a forest in the background.

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Spot the bear!

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Thick fog on a rocky coastline. The silhouette of a black bear sitting on a rock is barely visible on the bottom right corner of the image.

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After catching a salmon in a river, bears walk to the forest to eat it. They eat the fatty parts of the fish such as the brain, skin and eggs. The rest of the fish feeds birds, insects, invertebrates, and trees.

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A black bear comes out of a river with a salmon in its mouth. Water drips from its fur as it walks on a rocky shoreline. Some rocks have barnacles and yellow kelp. The bear heads to the right of the image.

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Autumn is here, cooler nights, shorter days. Soon the Vancouver Island marmot will go into hibernation. This adult marmot was enjoying the last days of summer. Photo taken a few years ago.

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A brown marmot with a white spot on its forehead, chest and around its nose rests on a big grey boulder. The marmot looks at the photographer. To its right there are some short plants on the boulder that are in their autumn foliage: orange and red. A forest in the background is out of focus.

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This black bear cub is about 8 to 9 months old. It looks very healthy and fat enough to survive its first winter. Its mum is experienced and great at catching salmon. I think that she is an alpha female or matriarch in the clan.

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A chunky black bear cub sitting on a weathered fallen tree looks to its left. Branches of a fir tree hangs behind the cub.

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Black bear sow looking at her two cubs. Photo taken earlier this week. She is a good mother and experienced. In a previous post, I mentioned that she might be the matriarch in the clan based on my observations of the past years.

Here's more info about matrilinear hierarchy in black bears in North America: https://kilhambearcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Matrilinear-Hierarchy-of-black-bears.pdf

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A chuncky female black bear sits on a flat boulder near a river and a field of yellow grass. She looks to her left in the direction of her two cubs (not in the picture). She is still lactating based on the size and shape of her teats.

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Black bear cubs waiting for their mum while she is catching salmon. There was a lot of communication between the cubs and between the cubs and their mum. Verbal and also tactile. I enjoyed watching their interactions, I just wish I could understand.

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Two black bear cubs next to each other look away in the same direction. One is sitting, the other is standing. Their heads are almost touching. They are on a shore covered by grey pebbles, there is some brown kelp in the background and part of a log.

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