Birds
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Poetry of light.
There are few scenes in life so visually pleasing (to my eye anyway) as white birds in bright sunlight flying against a dull grey overcast background. I am sitting in the window, watching Glaucous Gulls flying over Arctic Bay, the white is so brilliant and plays and dances on their beating wings. How I wish
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I and the Bird #2
You’ve all been invited to a party over at Charlies Bird Blog, where he presides over the launch of I and the Bird #2. Its a great gathering and everyone has a story. Get your feet off the coffee table and head over, you won’t regret it.
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Fledglings
The Snow Buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) have fledged, and there are young birds everywhere. The Snow Buntings are the earliest birds at everything up here. They are the first migrants to arrive, well before you could really say it is spring, the first to raise their young (at least amongst the migrants), and the earliest to
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Toolagak
I’ve been watching the Ravens Corvus corax playing in the wind, soaring and dancing on currents over the house across the street. I love Ravens, their sleek glossy beauty and their intelligence. The corvids are the brains in the bird world, and Ravens are probably the brains of the corvids. How someone could not love
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I and the Bird #1
A new blog Carnival, I and the Bird, has been launched by Mike at 10,000 birds. It is a collection of blogs taking us to the world of birds, and the people who revel in their lives. I feel lucky to have a post in this inaugeral issue, filled with excellent blogs, from around the
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Qarsauq
I was working outside the House, putting on some siding, yesterday and I heard a Qarsauq flying around. Qarsauq is inuktitut for Red-Throated Loon Gavia stellata, and several pairs nest around here. They sound nothing like the Common Loon with it’s haunting voice, sounding more like a nuthatch on steroids. Try as I might I