Our weather has the hiccups. Last Friday was 30C (90F), the weekend was 14C (58F) and raining. Today is supposed to be 90C again. Suffice it to say, we didn’t go camping, but it was World Cup weekend anyway. Let me take this moment to say, yet again, I TOLD …
Bird News A Bristle-thighed Curlew spotted in on Vancouver Island at Tofino, BC this week is only the second sighting of the bird in Canada. Rare visitors from Alaska – Aleutian Geese – were seen at Campell River, BC on Vancouver Island. A captive-reared Eastern Loggerhead Shrike released in Ontario …
Summer birding has clearly arrived on the prairies. It’s no longer a matter of just following my ears – now I have to actively go look for the birds as the singing has decreased dramatically. Fortunately, we have a very handy little spruce tree close by. Warbling Vireo, House Wren …
Bird News Environmentalists are accused of having double standards in prosecuting Syncrude for the death of 1600 ducks, when far more are killed by wind turbines every year. Syncrude Canada has been found guilty on environmental charges stemming from the deaths of 1,606 birds two years ago. Sighitngs of white …
House finches are a relatively new yard bird in southern Alberta. Their inexorable colonization of the North American continent from both California and New York only brought them here within the last ten years or so. I remember being very excited the first time I heard one of the brightly …
This was a non-camping weekend. The World Cup moved into the second stage, and as a soccer fanatic, not even the birds could pry me away from all those wonderful games on TV. When I expressed an interest in staying home this weekend, my husband gave me the big frown, …
Bird News Conservationists are concerned for the Northern Gannet population in Quebec, who migrate to the Gulf of Mexico in October. Two Toronto-area men have been fined $1,500 for shooting two Trumpeter swans in a Wildlife Management Area. Inuit hunters in Nunavut are worried about the Snow Goose population, as …
