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...

Australia’s Mound Builders

In the avian world, the term ‘big foot’ bears no relation whatsoever to the mythical sasquatch of the Pacific northwest, but rather refers to the Megapodiidae (mega = big; pod = foot), an ...

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos

HAPPY EARTH DAY! Brilliant sun pours down onto Nova Scotia, melting the last of the snow, warming the soil, and awakening tulips and daffodils. The lawn is greening and growing before my eyes, its pho...

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...