Birds
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Fulmars
It is a dull, cold steel grey, sort of day. Feeling very much like winter is settling in and the landscape was blanketed with snow this morning. Most of our migrants have left and soon just our resident birds will remain. Of course the Snow Buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) will stick it out to the bitter
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I and the Bird #6
Editor Goes Watching Hawks – Edition Released Early Minneapolis – IB Bird chick, a blogger with a talent for headline writing released I and the Bird # 6, that scandalous tabloid about birds and the people who love them. She was unavailable for comment as she took off to the wilds of Duluth Minn. to
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The Pipits are coming
It is cold! Or at least I’m not used to these temperatures. It’s funny how this time of the year -5 C feels so chilly, but in the spring I’d be out in a t-shirt. I’m apparently not the only one who is finding it chilly, the American Pipits are heading south. I’ve noticed them
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I and the Bird #5, and something for the Spineless
Okay, put down your shade grown coffee and that doughnut, it is time to start DC Birding Blog’s conference, I and the Bird #5. John has done an excellent job putting together a first class conference. In addition to the usual suspects, there are a few new presenters for your entertainment and education. Be sure
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A Gyrfalcon kind of day
On Sunday, Leah, Travis and I took a trip out to the dock at Nanisivik, to see if the Sealift ship had arrived there yet. The ship was scheduled to be there and would be there a couple of days prior to coming to Arctic Bay, so it would give us a heads up for
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The Trouble with Opinions
The trouble (and the beauty, I suppose) with opinions is that everyone has one. This rambling post sort of got started yesterday while I was visiting some blogs I love, and following links afterwards. After reading a short comment on Intelligent Design that some anonymous surfer left behind on a friends post, I fired off
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Boreal Songbird Initiative
If you don’t already I encourage you to visit the Boreal Songbird Initiative Blog. The main author, Jeff Wells, the Senior Scientist for the BSI, is currently in the MacKenzie River Valley right now, a place dear to my heart. I lived in Fort Providence for two years and have very good memories of the
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I and The Bird #4
My, has two weeks gone by already? I and The Bird #4 is out and awaits your reading pleasure. Tony over at Milk River Blog has taken a run down the taxonomic list of birds showcasing the latest and best writing about birds on the web today. While you are there, make certain that you
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Egg thieves beware.
One of the dangers of the smaller world that we live in is that no falcon is safe anymore from the threat of egg poachers. Poaching can mean big money to the few individuals who supply birds to the falconry markets of the Middle East and elsewhere. I was startled to learn just how pervasive
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I and The Bird #3
Hop on over to Peter Bryant’s backyard and beyond for the latest installment of I and The Bird at his B&B Blog. Amongst the many gems in issue #3 is a post about one of my favourite birds, from one of my favourite bloggers. Make sure you check out Nuthatch’s exuberent bird in a plain