{"id":1976,"date":"2011-08-20T22:38:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T20:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2018-08-28T13:57:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:57:18","slug":"british-colombia-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/2011\/08\/20\/british-colombia-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention, cougars &#8211; British Colombia 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia is a real pearl of Canada. You will find everything that is admired in Canada. To the east, the endless belt of the Rocky Mountains, to the west the wide Pacific Ocean. From this richness of landscapes, we can see the richness of the species we have encountered here. But do not be allowed to discourage warning signs on the most visited Long Beach: &#8220;Attention, after dark, the possibility of encountering a cougar!<\/p>\n<div id=\"jig1\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-8ed3d12e8e7d79baf1c20a37b97940e9 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig1-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9120Atit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, tripod : yes, flash : no, Tv 2, Av 11, ISO 100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9120Atit.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver island\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Vancouver island<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, tripod : yes, flash : no, Tv 2, Av 11, ISO 100<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div id=\"jig2\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-1689e236b675a6ccdd9984ca4cb28038 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig2-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/DPP_7D8493A.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Canon 400\/5,6 L USM, tripod : no, flash : no,  Tv 1\/250, Av 8,0, ISO 400, 25.9.2011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/DPP_7D8493A.jpg\" alt=\"Black turnstone \/ kame\u0148\u00e1\u010dek \u010dernohlav\u00fd (Arenaria melanocephala)\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Black turnstone \/ kame\u0148\u00e1\u010dek \u010dernohlav\u00fd (Arenaria melanocephala)<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Canon 400\/5,6 L USM, tripod : no, flash : no,  Tv 1\/250, Av 8,0, ISO 400, 25.9.2011<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>As a good and experienced traveler, I had an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat I wanted to see when visiting Canada. The enumeration of all objects will then narrow down to what I can see. And the most exciting is the last phase in which one eventually learns what he really saw. Although there are four species of flying gems in Canada here (Black-chinned hummingbird, Caliope hummingbird, Anna\u00b4s \u200b\u200bhummingbird and Rufous hummingbird), due to the advanced season (late September and October) it was clear that I would not be happy to do so.<\/p>\n<div id=\"jig3\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-64152c49b9bbae746ad86f81961747ec jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig3-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9282Atit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, Tv 2000, Av 5,6, ISO 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9282Atit.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver island\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Vancouver island<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, Tv 2000, Av 5,6, ISO 400<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div id=\"jig4\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-f0eaf45a681be18ebe594e2f1c7a0923 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig4-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_8207Atit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Canon 400\/5,6 L USM, tripod : no, flash : no,  Tv 1\/640, Av 11, ISO 400, 24.9.2011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_8207Atit.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver city\" width=\"1028\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Vancouver city<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Canon 400\/5,6 L USM, tripod : no, flash : no,  Tv 1\/640, Av 11, ISO 400, 24.9.2011<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>A great wish was another admirable species \u2013 Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura). The encounter with this species was truly two-fold. We stood in one of the many private avian zoos in front of the aviary with these predators, when a shadow that my friend was able to photograph quickly was overhead. After detailed analysis, we found out that it was the same species we admired in aviary. At the exit from the ZOO, we still saw a little more in detail, even one specimen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"jig5\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-e14b0d5a23d8b361d6f75d948dcf1ca6 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig5-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_5540Atit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, Tv 1\/160, Av 6,3, ISO 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_5540Atit.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver island\" width=\"1048\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Vancouver island<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, Tv 1\/160, Av 6,3, ISO 400<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div id=\"jig6\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-1dc41a116d73ebb7359edcfef456daba jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig6-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9027Atit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Canon 400\/5,6 L USM, tripod : no, flash : no,  Tv 1\/800, Av 8,0, ISO 400, 26.9.2011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9027Atit.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9027Atit\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">IMG_9027Atit<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Canon 400\/5,6 L USM, tripod : no, flash : no,  Tv 1\/800, Av 8,0, ISO 400, 26.9.2011<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>What would be a bird trip to North America if we did not see his symbol \u2013 Bald eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus). We did not have luck in Alberta. We had to wait until the coastal paradise of Tofino on Vancouver Island, where we saw several couples.&nbsp;However, the experience is quite common Canadian goose (Branta canadensis). Seeing her on the surface of the ocean has its own distinctive charm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"jig7\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-837dfdb3769690465167ac93082994dc jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig7-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9149Atit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, tripod : yes, flash : no, Tv 2, Av 11, ISO 100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9149Atit.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver island\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Vancouver island<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, tripod : yes, flash : no, Tv 2, Av 11, ISO 100<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div id=\"jig8\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-30cec03b925896353b24bebb3e219aa3 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig8-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9128Atit-1.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, tripod : yes, flash : no,  Tv 5, Av 20, ISO 100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9128Atit-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver island\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Vancouver island<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Tamron SP AF 17-50\/2,8 XR, tripod : yes, flash : no,  Tv 5, Av 20, ISO 100<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>An attentive observer will discover on the beach and on the rocky shores of other bird jewelery such as Black turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala). A jewel over the jewels but in the Canadian diary was the observation of the Black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) on rocky cliffs covered with carpets of the small clams they feed on. This species is a flagging species of conservation activity on the West Coast, trying to preserve this unique ecosystem. The Westminster is an endemite and its population is dependent on colonies of clams growing on the coast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"jig9\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-6934d4bc5a32d5b3f30140c630f21b35 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig9-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9518Atit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS 7D, Canon 400\/5,6 L USM, tripod : no, flash : no,  Tv 1\/640, Av 8,0, ISO 400, 28.9.2011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/british-colombia\/IMG_9518Atit.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9518Atit\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">IMG_9518Atit<br\/>Canon EOS 7D, Canon 400\/5,6 L USM, tripod : no, flash : no,  Tv 1\/640, Av 8,0, ISO 400, 28.9.2011<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions\/2386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}