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Spring Arrivals
Spring has sprung here in New Brunswick. We were spoiled with a couple of sunny/warm days at first, but lately it hasn’t even been in the double digits and has been raining off and on. More and more...
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Something to Celebrate
On the brink of becoming an official card-carrying senior, I find myself embarrassed, more and more often, at the things we humans do. As a younger person, I was rather optimistic about the world. Now...
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They are Coming to Us
With the changing season, some of the locals are getting new wardrobes and others, who have spent the winter here, are considering moving on. Pine Siskin – These birds are preparing to return North....
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Park Visits and Global Bird Day
With the spring migration underway, I’m avidly watching the States wind direction forecast for the upcoming week for the eastern part (Upper Midwest and Northeast Forecast) that will also affect the...
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Birding around Calgary – May 2015
Well, things continue to hot up around Calgary as more and more returning birds make their way north. This time of year I like to go visiting ponds and sloughs all over Calgary and its outskirts as I...
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Spring arrivals continued
It seems like every time I get out birding this month, there are a couple new species that have arrived in my area (Woodstock, NB). Just last week I found 75 different species! I’m up to 135 for the...
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A Lovely Bouquet of Crows
Have you seen the cartoon – on Facebook recently – with two crows sitting on a beam in the middle of an expanse of lawn, looking off into the distance, for … something? Being a lover of both birds and...
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The Characters
A wake-up call on the downspout at 5:15 AM. Each spring I look forward to a couple of characters to return to our yard. The first generally indicates his presence with the squeaky voice sounding like a...
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How to Create a Wild Bird Garden Haven
To attract birds to your backyard, you will need to provide the three main conditions to help them thrive: shelter, food, water. We all know that birdbaths and birdfeeders will attract our feathered...
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Birding the west, east and south of Canada…and even a little further!
The past month I’ve been hitting the birding pretty hard trying to capture as much of the spring action as I can. A highlight of the month for my first ever trip to the famous spring migrant trap –...
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Notes From a Northwestern Ontario Backyard
Hello from Manitouwadge, in Northwestern Ontario. I will soon be contributing to Bird Canada on the 20th of each month, mostly about bird sightings in, near or around my yard but sometimes, maybe my...
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The Tar Sands, a Forest, a Billion Birds
In June 2012 I submitted my concerns about Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline (NGP) to the Joint Review Panel of the National Energy Board (NEB). As I told the panel then, “Honestly, I’d rather be...
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May & June
Black-throated Green Warbler during the Macphail “Birds & Breakfast”. The birds are back, and are well into the breeding season. The morning chorus is slowing and many young birds have fledged. We...
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Birding and Camping…it must be summer!
I love birding and I love camping (both of which I consider a form of ‘candy for the soul’), so when the two combine in summer I’m in a particularly happy place! Spotted Towhee at Dinosaur PP My first...
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The Birds, the Bees, and a Drought
This summer we’re “feeling the heat” as we deal with drought and worry about the threat of fire on our island. (Where would we go??) Water conservation is nothing new to any gulf islander, of course....
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Some Summer Birding on Prince Edward Island
As June was past and we looked forward to the birds of Summer, our focus on the birds is changing. Rather than being occupied by looking for the arrival of migrants, people are finding birds that are...
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Bird Tales from a Toronto Backyard – How we started
Our backyard, where all the action happens. “It all started with a pair of Cardinals”. This is my standard response when asked how we got into backyard bird feeding or birding in general for that...
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Bird Studies Canada Seeking Volunteers in BC
Photo © Karen Barry The 17th season of the British Columbia Coastal Waterbird Survey begins on September 13, and we have several vacant sites in Vancouver, Tofino, and Ucluelet. This long-term...
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August Notes From a NW Ontario Backyard
Late summer already … it’s such a shame that the shortest season of the year has to disappear in a blink! I think it should be a rule that summer runs more slowly than the other 3 seasons, don’t you??...
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Trapped!
I don’t know how long he’d been in the garden room. Maybe hours. Busy in the house, I’d decided to take a break and work on the 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle my grandkids had left for me to finish, just...
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