Wednesday Wings: Yard Royalty
Squirrel Saturday #9
Wednesday Wings: Love That Corvid Alarm
I was making pumpkin walnut muffins yesterday when I looked out the window and discovered I had more than the usual number of big corvids out there. Four ravens and five black-billed magpies, to be exact, were quietly (?) perched on one of my spruce trees. Grabbing my camera and bins, I …
Now That’s A Birding Day!
There are times when the natural world just leaves you in awe. Standing in the middle of a field with binoculars around your neck, and your mouth hanging open. Last Saturday was one of those days. The local bird alert line had mentioned the sighting of a gyrfalcon near a …
Roly-poly Birds
My poor birds! While I can sit here snug inside a heated house, my feathered friends are struggling through a Canadian winter. January is always a cold month, although this year it’s been warmer than normal. I’m not sure the birds think the same. I took these pictures at the …
Squirrel Saturday #8
Bird ID Help Please!
Attention all you birders who love a challenge! One of my blog readers in Edmonton, Alberta sent me this bird picture he took last August, and asked for some help with the identification of this species. While yes, at first glance it does look like a blue-winged teal, a closer …
That’s Where My Dove Food Goes
For the second year in a row, we have mouring doves overwintering in our Alberta yard. And because we have doves, I go out of my way to see that they have enough food. OK – more than enough food – it’s cold out there. As they are ground feeders, …
