These are clearly not the best pictures, but crossbills are are such rare visitors to the prairies that I had to put them up anyway. I’ve never had red crossbills in our Calgary yard, and they sure didn’t stay around very long. The yellow female was more adventurous, checking out …
Woke up to a frosty morning yesterday.. And within two hours the front yard looked like this. Still waiting for the neighborhood kids to come and ask if they can rake the leaves…
Bird News Scientists in Nova Scotia are working to protect roseate tern habitats. Syncrude blames freezing rain for the most recent duck deaths at tailings pond. More than 390 birds have now died after landing on the tailings ponds owned by Syncrude and Suncor. The whooping crane population has rebounded …
Our Mountain Meander was a spontaneous decision on a lazy morning. We didn’t leave very early, and therefore didn’t expect to encounter much in the way of wildlife. We certainly didn’t see much for birds – gray jays, ravens, black-capped chickadees and red-tailed hawks were about all the flying wildlife …
We spent most of our summer weekends this year driving an hour and half southeast of the city through the prairies. With the gift of a glorious Indian summer, I decided it would be nice to see land that goes UP, for a change. An hour and a half drive …
Well, colour me surprised – Syncrude has to pay a fine. In this oil & gas centric province, the energy companies always come out the winners. Just ask our provincial politicians. When oil giant Syncrude was taken to court for the death of 1,600 ducks that landed on their tailings …
It’s no wonder I seem to be more confused than usual lately. It’s the third week of October, and right on schedule, the Arctic birds are starting to arrive. Rough-legged hawks, snow buntings and tundra swans are being regularly reported. My yard now has a couple of resident mountain chickadees, …
Bird News Researchers who have tagged Canadian gannets say up to a third of the population is threatened by the BP oil spill. An ATV rider in New Brunswick has been fined $500 for disturbing endangered piping plovers’ nesting grounds. A jet taking off from Edmonton airport had to return …
Oct 21, 2010 News Release from the Alberta Wilderness Association In a shocking insult to all Albertans, the provincial government is set to sell off a huge swathe of public land – our land – to a private company, to grow potatoes. Despite the fact that the 16,000-acre parcel of …
