Birds
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How’s your SAT score?
The latest I and the Bird, hosted by the Mike, the man behind IATB, is up at 10,000 Birds. Always worth visiting, this version is guaranteed to raise your SAT scores as well. Its the best of Bird Blogging, go visit now.
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Established
Spring is definitely in the air, even if it is a long way off. This weekend saw temperatures of -15C and it seemed like an ideal day on Sunday to take a quick trip out to the St George's Society Cliffs to check on the Gyrfalcons. One bird, I assume the male as he is
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Tsunamis and albatross.
It is hard to grasp the scale of the disaster that is unfolding in Japan this past week. Images of the quake and the following tsunami are haunting as we've watched them in real time. One video I found especially poignent was taken by a fellow who just arrived in Japan to film the dolphin
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Wired
I know that things have been pretty slow here at The House. Slow? Heck they've come to a standstill. And for that I'm sorry, I could offer up a bunch of excuses and indeed most of it revolves about my running off madly in all directions and a general malaise over all things internet these
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Merely this
For those of you who may not regularly visit 10,000 Birds (and why don't you?). My latest post is up there, right here.
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Play is the thing.
It is a blustery, cold day here. And although that is to be expected, our milder than average winter thus far has left us unaccustomed to these sort of days. But, typically, the Ravens do not seem to mind. On the drive home from lunch, they were everywhere, playing in the wind currents around buildings,
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Redpoll resurgence
I didn't see a redpoll in Arctic Bay for the first several years I lived there. I knew they were a bird that was expected in the area, one that even apparently wintered there (and that alone should make them stand out), but despite that I seemed to live in an area devoid of them.
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Conversations with birds
It's I and the Bird #138, over at the incredible Susannah's Wanderin' Weeta. Do go and check out the many wonderful posts in the carnival. And do take some time to wander around Wanderin' Weeta. Susannah has a prodigious curiousity about life, and it shines through her blog.
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Beat it.
I'm in some pretty good company. As of today, I'm one of the beat writers for the fantastic bird/birding blog, 10,000 Birds. My "beat" is the Canadian Arctic. And while as a bird writer I probably have that niche sewn up, I keep looking at the other beat writers that are also joining 10,000 Birds