Who knew? Thank you to Steve and his wonderful blog at Steve Creek Outdoors for sharing the fact that today is World Sparrow Day. As someone with a more than generous number of sparrows in my yard year round, it’s clearly time to acknowledge the humble house sparrow. …
Plastic pollution in marine environments and its impact on marine life is an increasing concern. The issue was the focus of 15 presentations and a workshop at last year’s World Seabird Conference, summaries and abstracts from which are available on the Seabirds website, an important resource for anyone with an …
I am beginning to think my yard is emitting some kind of weird force field, resulting in some very strange bird encounters – daily owl visits, eastern birds, hundreds of waxwings… And that’s just the last few weeks. On one supremely frigid day last week, I noticed one of my …
The Vancouver Avian Research Centre has just posted spring 2011 dates for their Bird Monitoring, Banding and Bird Identification Workshop. The workshop is a 3 day action-packed introductory course consisting of presentations, specimen study, field mist-netting, banding, and processing. It has been developed for people with little or no bird banding …
I rarely apply human emotions to wildlife, but I simply couldn’t resist for this sequence. Buster spent a half an hour watching the squirrel activity, and really gave the famous owl-swivel neck a workout!
Whooee, do we have Bohemian waxwings! Our mountain ash and all the trees for three yards around are full of them every day. They like to perch at the top of the poplar trees in the morning sun. Eat the snow on the neighbors roof… And they do love the …
Apparently we have a new lodger. He’s been here daily for about three weeks, so I decided if he’s going to live here, he better have a name. Meet Buster. Buster is a great-horned owl with a unique plumage, so I always know its him. (assuming male because he’s not …
