Butter Trail, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia: A Winter Walk

Blue sky. White puffy clouds. Ice-covered bay. All these enticed me to walk a few kilometres of the Butter Trail on a late winter afternoon six days before the spring equinox. The Butter Trail is a se...

The Owl with George Clooney Eyes: Barred Owl

Chocolate-brown eyes. Throaty voice. Handsome as all get-out. George Clooney, right? Undoubtedly, but the description fits a barred owl, tooooo. Vilis spotted the one in the photo at right while he an...

A Big Melt: January Thaw

Compare the two photographs below: A week of mild, wet, and frequently windy weather has transformed northern Nova Scotia from a winter wonderland to the next best thing to spring. In what is usually ...

2013 Christmas Bird Count

Yesterday I joined ten other birders in a Christmas Bird Count in the Tatamagouche area of northern Nova Scotia. After a day of birding on the land and in residents’ yards, we accumulated sighti...