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 …
Birding the prairies in winter can be a tricky thing. You have to wait until the weather conditions are right – no ice on the roads, no blowing snow, no minus 30C temperatures – and you have to head out in the dark. The chance of a snowy owl sighting …