Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Bear Hill Park

Bear Hill Park is on the Saanich Peninsula about a half hour's drive from Victoria and is covered with spring flowers right now, especially Shooting Stars, Sea Blush, Camas and Fawn Lilies. But what I really went there for a few days ago was to see if I could find one of our local wild orchids, commonly called Ladyslipper (Calypso bulbosa). I was lucky enough to find a few and will share a photo tomorrow. For today let's just enjoy the view from near the summit of Bear Hill. Below, take a minute and watch the clouds sail by.
at

4 comments:

  1. JoJoApril 23, 2013 at 5:41 AM

    What a great view! The name of the park gives rise to the question if there are any bears on the island? I know they probably wouldn't be anywhere near the southern end, but what about the rugged interior and north?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Benjamin MadisonApril 23, 2013 at 7:46 AM

    @JoJo - I'd be a bit surprised to see a bear on Bear Hill but Vancouver Island as a whole has one of the densest bear populations in the world - estimated currently at around 7,000. Most, thankfully, prefer to live in areas that are not heavily populated by people. Fern and I visited Goldstream Park yesterday and I noticed there are signs there warning visitors of possible bear encounters. Goldstream Park is only about 10 miles from Victoria.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Mike LaplanteApril 23, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    Yesterday was a great day to be on a hill! It was fantastically clear and a great day to catch photos of Mt. Baker and the mountains of Washington.

    ReplyDelete
  4. William KendallApril 23, 2013 at 3:35 PM

    Now that's a smashing view!

    ReplyDelete

Greetings!
I hope you will leave a comment and visit these pages again. Should you wish to contact me directly you can use the email address in the rightmost column of each blog page.Due to increasing amounts of spam comments (it's up to about 200 per day now) I have decided to limit comments from anonymous visitors.