It’s a little embarrassing to admit this but when I discovered the BC Breeding Bird Atlas tears came to my eyes. I know. I should get a life. My tears weren’t about sadness, though, they were about so many people, largely volunteers, working together to create this extraordinary resource. Over …
Hello again! It has most definitely been ‘juvenile bird’ season around here. My yard has been full of an assortment of juveniles: Hummingbirds, Purple Finches, Chickadees, Red Breasted Nuthatches, Grackles, Starlings, Crows, a few Sparrow types, Eastern Bluebirds, Downy Woodpeckers …… The Downies surprised me, actually. I had only been …
My summer has been both busy and relaxing, which normally don’t go together in my world! I had a week’s vacation out in South Okanagan in July where I picked up a couple of ‘life birds’, one of which included the striking California Quail which are quite abundant in the …
Rob and I do not consider ourselves birding experts, but are always willing to share any knowledge we’ve gained over the last ten plus years of feeding the birds in our backyard. And when people ask my advice about attracting more birds to their backyard, I’m more than likely to respond …
Hello again! Hope you are all enjoying your summer. Around here, it’s juvenile bird time in the yard! I’ve been having great fun watching & listening to families of birds at my few summer feeders & in my trees. I’ve been watching juvenile Red Breasted Nuthatches, Black Capped Chickadees, Crows, …
Hello and welcome back to our Toronto backyard… and sometimes slightly beyond! We have just started to see a couple Ruby-throated Hummingbirds coming around, usually at dawn and dusk. FINALLY! There has been no shortage of Cedar Waxwings high up in the trees as well. Seldom do they come down …
It’s a remarkable place both physically and in terms of how it came to be. A twenty-six acre parcel of land, The Gabriola Commons is owned by the people of Gabriola Island under a unique “Commons Covenant.” The Commons was once a privately-owned goat farm. When it was listed …
Hello again and welcome to Summer! It was so cold in May, we were really beginning to wonder if warmer temperatures would ever actually hit. Well …….. they have: it’s 27C today. 🙂 Most of the photos in this post were taken earlier in the month. It’s much quieter in …
For this month’s post, I’m going to share some images from a special place just south of the Canadian border…the self-proclaimed ‘Warbler Capital of the World’: Ohio’s Magee Marsh wildlife refuge. Located on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Magee is a magical birding spot. I had the opportunity to spend 3 wonderful days …
Rob and I took off on a four day, three night birding road trip during the height of Spring migration here in Ontario. From May 8th to 11th, we visited three of our favorite spots in southern Ontario; Hillman Marsh, Rondeau Provincial Park, and the world renowned, Point Pelee National …