Late Winter Birding in Truro, Nova Scotia

Two days ago, the world beyond my windows looked like the photo to ther right. Today, wild winds and rain melted vast quantities of snow and left stretches of our access road muddy, puddle-filled or i...

North Queensland Butterflies

Yesterday, I attended an International Women’s Day of Prayer service in my northern Nova Scotia village of Tatamagouche. The service bulletin itself had been prepared by women far, far away in M...

Great Backyard Bird Count

In the midst of the Great White North’s shortest month, the Great Backyard Bird Count offered me a welcome reprive from February blahs. During the past four days, I spent hours scanning my yard,...

Ice Storm

This morning I ran our back road through the woods in -20°C weather, a scarf over my nose and mouth to warm my breath, the forest still and silent except for a golden-crowned kinglet’s high, sw...