By Sharon McInnes When I first read Alison’s Fishing Birds, just published by Caitlin Press, my impulse was to co-opt children from the playground, gather them around, and read them the stories. But I didn’t, hoping instead that you will read these lovely stories to the children in your lives. Roderick …
Welcome to Spring!! It is officially the Vernal Equinox as of 6:28 am Eastern time today. Doesn’t that make you feel better?! Unfortunately, most of my photos this month still look like mid winter. March has been an exceptionally cold month with brutally high winds, wind chills sometimes nearing -40 …
Almost a year has passed since I made my first trip in April 2016 to check out the wildlife around Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, and I am only just getting around to processing my images from this visit…oh well, better late than never! So here we go… …
Hello, welcome back to our neck of the woods in the west end of Toronto, Ontario… our backyard! It’s been confusing for everyone including the birds on just what season it really is out there. February gave us some record breaking warm temperatures which really brought out the song in …
Hello again! As usual, I find it hard to believe that we are nearing the end of another month already. The months just seem to be zipping by. That’s alright though: it means that spring ….. and access to my flowerbeds ….. is getting closer! Right now, I can’t see …
It’s not very often that Rob and I go on a nature/birding walk with a target bird in mind. But on a grey, dreary Saturday in January we did just that, we went looking for Eastern Bluebirds. I still remember the first time I saw an Eastern Bluebird. We were …
Hello & a belated Happy New Year to all of you! Since I missed putting out a December post, I’ll take this moment to say I sure hope everyone had a pleasant Christmas & New Year holiday. I hope you are all enjoying the winter season thus far. It’s been …
The city of Calgary had somewhat extended autumnal weather (i.e. above zero temps, no snow) lasting until late November, which meant that waterfowl migrating south were able to enjoy open ponds for longer than normal. Taking advantage of this, I made a number of visits to Carburn Park on the …
Good day! Is it too late to wish you all a “Happy New Year”? Here we are in January 2017. The backyard so far for this year has been average, but let me tell you about how it ended in 2016. I guess the title gives it away though. Yes, …
This morning Rob and I took part in our first ever Christmas Bird Count for Bird Studies Canada. It was taking place at an area we have been birding for over a decade, The Humber Areboretum, and the organizers there, as well as from Bird Studies Canada were happy to …