We spent most of our summer weekends this year driving an hour and half southeast of the city through the prairies. With the gift of a glorious Indian summer, I decided it would be nice to see land that goes UP, for a change. An hour and a half drive …
Well, colour me surprised – Syncrude has to pay a fine. In this oil & gas centric province, the energy companies always come out the winners. Just ask our provincial politicians. When oil giant Syncrude was taken to court for the death of 1,600 ducks that landed on their tailings …
It’s no wonder I seem to be more confused than usual lately. It’s the third week of October, and right on schedule, the Arctic birds are starting to arrive. Rough-legged hawks, snow buntings and tundra swans are being regularly reported. My yard now has a couple of resident mountain chickadees, …
Bird News Researchers who have tagged Canadian gannets say up to a third of the population is threatened by the BP oil spill. An ATV rider in New Brunswick has been fined $500 for disturbing endangered piping plovers’ nesting grounds. A jet taking off from Edmonton airport had to return …
Oct 21, 2010 News Release from the Alberta Wilderness Association In a shocking insult to all Albertans, the provincial government is set to sell off a huge swathe of public land – our land – to a private company, to grow potatoes. Despite the fact that the 16,000-acre parcel of …
Bird News A Canada goose with a natural feather disorder is being helped by caring man in ON. A poacher in New Brunswick has received heavy fines and had his licence suspended for hunting black scoters. Sightings of turkey vultures are getting more common in New Brunswick. The band-tailed pigeon …
We are having the gentlest October I can remember in a long time. Sunny days hovering around 20C (70F), not a breath of wind, and lots of yellow leaves gently drifting down. The weather gods are obviously trying to apologize for the dismal drenching we got in September. When camping …
Bird News Researchers tracking the migration of a red knot have documented an annual flight of 26,700 km between its Argentinian wintering grounds and breeding site in Nunavut. Levels of toxic mercury in the eggs of water birds downstream from the oilsands have grown by 50 per cent over the …
