Canada Adventures
In April I visited Canada and Vancouver Island.
A camping adventure with my partner.
On the first night we had Garter Snake neighbours, a family of three. I discovered so much about the flora and fauna out there. From the beginning of the trip I noted down all of the birds and other animals we spotted.
Our first morning on Salt Spring Island felt like an open-hearted, warm welcome to Canada.
I woke before sunrise and thought I heard water droplets in a well? I thought to myself - have we accidently set our tent up next to a flowing, meandering stream? To my surprise and with the help of my Merlin app I found out the sound was a Brown-Headed Cow Bird. I had a little look around and found it on the tree where the Garter Snakes
lived. They have an incredibly unique sound and movement in their body when they call out. You have to hear it! Here’s a video of the wonderful sound and motion.
There were plenty of wonderful rock pools to explore too! I love how secret rock pools are, and how quickly the beings hide when they sense a big mammal like me approaching. (I loved also viewing from a far with the binoculars too! There’s a little rock pool tip if you want to try.)
The most gorgeous Sea Anenome’s were dotted around everywhere. These lovely beings were in gorgeous hues of pink and green! They were incredibly beautiful! I love nature and all our planets natural colours, they always seem to be perfectly combined. It fills me with joy and curiosity when I dream into how these colours exist and how lucky we are to experience all of the beings on Earth.
The rockpools were a key part of my adventure. The next surprise were my new mollusk friends! In particular the Mossy Chitons who would spend their youth as plankton (Hell yes to metamorphosis!) I reflected on the
incredible transitions we all go through multiple times in our lifetime, and the mossy chiton was a key inspiration in furthering my wandering inside.
I have been focussing alot on my own metamorphosis and growth over the last few years. Connecting with community has been a huge part of this too and meeting the Mossy Chiton felt grounding and solidified the reasons for continue down the path of wandering inwards, outwards and just being myself.
I have loved meeting lots of new people on Vancouver Island and in Bristol too and I’m so excited to meet more in the coming months.
Some more animal friends we met along the way:- Vultures, Bald Eagles, Hummingbirds, Northern Flicker Woodpecker, Red Crowned Pileated Woodpecker, Sea Otters, Fresh Water Otters, Deer, Sea Lions, Paupoise, Wood ducks, Loons, Frog, Sea Raspberry, Starfish and lots of Canadian Geese.
