News from the Gap
Finally, some good news from the winter of 2014-15: the Eastern gap is finally starting to break up.
Eye to Eye
A cormorant prepares to swallow a catfish whole, after a long but ultimately futile struggle.
CBC Poll: ‘Ruinway’ Expansion
An online CBC poll inadvertently calls the Island airport runway a ‘ruinway’ in a bit of a slip on their home page, as Porter seeks to extend the runways further by 200m. The poll (as of September 5 2013) can be found here.
Visiting L23 and C24
Up close with Trumpter swans C24 (top) and L23 (bottom), now in their third week of residing on the Island. Trumpeters usually only pass through, they don’t normally spend too much time here. L23 and C24 were first reported here.