House finches are a relatively new yard bird in southern Alberta. Their inexorable colonization of the North American continent from both California and New York only brought them here within the last ten years or so. I remember being very excited the first time I heard one of the brightly …
This was a non-camping weekend. The World Cup moved into the second stage, and as a soccer fanatic, not even the birds could pry me away from all those wonderful games on TV. When I expressed an interest in staying home this weekend, my husband gave me the big frown, …
Bird News Conservationists are concerned for the Northern Gannet population in Quebec, who migrate to the Gulf of Mexico in October. Two Toronto-area men have been fined $1,500 for shooting two Trumpeter swans in a Wildlife Management Area. Inuit hunters in Nunavut are worried about the Snow Goose population, as …
The lake was a different place this weekend. After five days of record-setting torential rain and wind, we were among a handful of the fool-…brave campers in residence. The first thing I did on our arrival was check on the baby Brewer’s, and was saddened to see three lifeless bodies …
Bird News Two pairs of endangered Piping Plovers being monitored by Bird Studies Canada have nested on land protected by The Nature Conservancy in Nova Scotia. The US Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved a total of $35.7 million for refuge acquisitions and wetlands grants for North American migratory birds. …
Yes, I am supposed to be working today. I took a short break to gaze out the window while waiting for the tea kettle…camera was close at hand… The bird on the right is the classic ‘what-the-heck-is-that’ bird – a female brown-headed cowbird. In case you were wondering.
What a difference a week makes. Where last week we had eight eggs, this week we had three baby Brewer’s. I just took one quick peek, so I’ve no idea if there are any remaining eggs in there or not. I did notice both mum and dad doing the feeding …
Bird News A report on the wind farm of Wolfe Island, Ont., has found that 602 birds and 1,270 bats were killed by the turbines between July and December of 2009. Birds are struggling in backcountry lakes in Nova Scotia that have been drained to very low levels. Several hundred …
