Another month has passed already and winter is right around the corner. We had a really sloppy (for lack of a better term!) storm last week that brought some heavy rain in the morning before turning to wet, heavy, slushy snow by noon. I picked that afternoon to take a …
Hello, again! Another month gone and now, winter is right around the corner. We had our first official dusting of snow on October 16th. Crazy how fast time goes and it’s funny: it seemed to CRAWL by when I was a kid! Anyway, I don’t really mind the approach of …
September is already half over and fall migration is in full swing. Geese are flying by the hundreds overhead, the trees are changing color and dropping leaves already. And my yard is FULL of Grackles! Sometimes, a dozen or so Starlings are with them. It’s been an interesting few weeks …
Late summer already … it’s such a shame that the shortest season of the year has to disappear in a blink! I think it should be a rule that summer runs more slowly than the other 3 seasons, don’t you?? I was very excited this week to have another first-ever …
Hello again! This is not the busiest time of the year in my yard but there are still a few visitors making an appearance lately. It’s quite noisy in the yard these days, actually, because we are being overrun with Grackle and Starling juveniles. When you get 20 or 30 …
Hello from Manitouwadge, in Northwestern Ontario. I will soon be contributing to Bird Canada on the 20th of each month, mostly about bird sightings in, near or around my yard but sometimes, maybe my flowers too! Just so you know, I am nowhere near being a professional birder or ornithologist …