Telegraph Cove & Port Hardy

Trip Start Sep 17, 2007
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Trip End Nov 15, 2007


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Sunday, November 4, 2007

This morning I drove the half an hour or so south to the small town of Telegraph Cove. The town was built as a sawmilling village in the 1920's and 1930's. The town is picturesque as the houses are built on stilts over the water. In the summer hundreds of killer whales can be seen in the shallow areas of water near the cove. However, at this time of year the services of the town were closed for the season. When I first got there I was the only person wandering around the boardwalk, and only a handful of people visited during the time I was there.
I then drove back to Port Hardy, stopping in at Storey Beach on the way. It's reputed as a great place for bird watching. Today it was just way too cold for a walk on the beach. I tried  throwing on a few more layers of clothes, but I couldn't overcome the temptation to hop back in the car and get back to Port Hardy.
I had planned on cosying up in the hotel for a bit when I got back. However,  from the balcony of my room, I could see that the Bald Eagles were out in the bay. So I forced myself back out into the cold, and spent about an hour and a half trying to get a decent photo. They just weren't having any of it. I couldn't even get within 50 feet of them, without them flying off to seek refuge in the very tall trees lining the road. And even then they were just too high up to get a decent photo. So i retired back to the hotel room to defrost, and keep an eye out across the balcony, but unfortunately there were no more sightings and soon it was dark.
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