Birding Basics

Birding isn’t difficult. Anyone can do it. Like playing the piano, you start and practice and improve with time and effort. All you really need are a pair of binoculars and a field guide. The bi...

Prairie Spring in Alberta

Here in Nova Scotia, spring rain drips from grey sky, shrinking snow patches in our yard, woods, and meadows. On a morning walk, I noticed pussy willows brushing air with silvery softness, and black-c...

Seabird Colonies at Witless Bay and Cape St. Mary’s, Newfoundland

March in Nova Scotia is a changeover time caught between two seasons. Snow still lingers, blanketing fields and woods, but shrinking away from exposed patches of soil and grass. Temperatures bob aroun...

Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula: St. Pauls to L’Anse aux Meadows

Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula points northeast toward Greenland like the index finger of an otherwise clenched fist. Vilis and I spent three days exploring it at the end of last June, drivin...