The Boreal Songbird Initiative and Ducks Unlimited have released a 20 page bulletin entitled 10 Cool Canadian Biodiversity Hotspots. The report highlights ten locations throughout our boreal forest that provide more detail and insight into its special biodiversity and conservation values. Hudson and James Bay Lowlands, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec If …
The Boreal Songbird Initiative and Ducks Unlimited have released a 20 page bulletin entitled 10 Cool Canadian Biodiversity Hotspots. The report highlights ten locations throughout our boreal forest that provide more detail and insight into its special biodiversity and conservation values. Caribou House, Quebec and Labrador Few locations are as …
The term “biodiversity” appears frequently in journals and popular media. In most cases, it is used to describe the number of species in a region. Scientists now realize that it also includes things like the intactness of the entire ecoysystem, large scale migration, predator-prey dynamics, genetic variability of species and …
Have you been following the the great Birding Is Fun blog? Thirty one birders from around the world write monthly posts, and the variety of topics and photos is truly awesome. How I ended up sharing web space with some of the best birders and writers in the world is …
Posted by Cindy Boucher Evening Grosbeak Spruce Budworm: Moth and Larvae Stage “Everything we do affects something else.” This statement stayed with me in a recent conversation about the Evening Grosbeak presence in New Brunswick during the 70 & 80’s. Let me explain. During those years people recalled incredible numbers of …
Outstanding video from the Alberta Conservation Association! The sharp-tailed grouse is a native game bird that makes its home in the prairies, parklands and forest openings of Alberta. For much of the year the sharp-tailed grouse is a quiet, well-camouflaged bird; however, its spring shenanigans are undoubtedly one of the …
Yes, I had every intention of throwing out this old weather beaten, shredding lawn chair cushion. Early May wasn’t exactly warm enough to sit on the deck, so the chair was waiting for the spring yard work urge to strike. Apparently procrastination can pay off, as these American Robins now have …
Calgary photographer Rob English has the most amazing luck photographing small mammals. He got these shots last summer near the summit of Highwood Pass in the Canadian Rockies. He notes that he wasn’t the only one searching for pikas, but when the long-tailed weasel saw him it disappeared in the …
Posted By Cindy Boucher PURPLE FINCH!! With coffee flying and a mad dive for my camera, to snap a few shots before he flew off, two things hit me. One: the pain of hot coffee seeping through jeans and two: my favorite birds had arrived to the Cork. Now, I …
