Backlands Spring Migration: Peregrine Falcon

The Purcell’s Cove Backlands are a “Flyway Corridor” for raptors and many other migrating birds, coming back to the Williams Lake area.
Established in 1968 for the Preservation of Williams Lake
The Purcell’s Cove Backlands are a “Flyway Corridor” for raptors and many other migrating birds, coming back to the Williams Lake area.
The drastically low water levels of Williams Lake in the summer of 2020 were a cause of great concern. The WLCC’s Dr. Melanie Dobson, a professor at Dalhousie University’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, literally went to the sources…
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At 4:20 AM the 3 bird watchers and our leader, expert birder Fulton Lavender, arrived at the path climbing up the massive granite batholith.
I was on my way this afternoon to access the Shaw Wilderness Park via an informal route, and lo and behold, there was the new entrance off of Purcell’s Cove Road with a sign and a parking lot now open. So I parked and embarked on the 350 meters of fine gravel trail leading up to Williams Lake.