Ruminations on Raccoons

I ran this morning, with frost on the ground, the air sweet and cold, and bird talk splitting the silence. A blue jay voiced its ringing call, an American robin sang ‘cheeriup-cheerio-cheeriup&#...

Dingoes and Devils to the Rescue?

When humans enter an environment sans Homo sapiens, they inevitably cause transformations to native flora and fauna which spiral far into the future. If they introduce alien plant and animal species i...

Maple Syrup Season

Each year, I chalk up signs of spring: the mild south winds I call ‘yearning winds,’ the arrivals of migratory songbirds, the appearance of pussy willows and snowdrops, the night chorus of...

Honeyeaters

With less than a week remaining before the vernal equinox, a late winter storm has again wreaked havoc in Nova Scotia, dumping freezing rain, ice pellets and snow during the past two days, rendering r...