Prairie Pothole Birdlife

Today, I played hookey from my desk. Instead of writing, I reveled in unexpectedly mild temperatures and bestowed last-minute-before-winter care on my yard. I clipped and removed old growth from eight...

Nova Scotia Autumn Birds

The voice of a lone white-throated sparrow singing ‘Oh, sweet Canada, Canada, Canada’ rang out through dim hemlock forest as I ran our back road with Pepper this morning. It seemed like an...

From Banff to Jasper, Alberta

Beneath overcast skies, Vilis and I headed west and then north from Banff, our destination the town of Jasper in Jasper National Park, another of Canada’s iconic Rocky Mountain national parks. E...

Hiking More Banff Trails, Alberta

Brilliant morning sunshine glared off snow-smeared mountains and pale rock as I hiked up Tunnel Mountain, a 1692-metre peak jutting upward between the Bow River and TransCanada Highway, with the towns...