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...

Autumn Thoughts on Imperial Woodpeckers and Important Bird Areas in Nepal

Autumn in Nova Scotia is a wild rollercoaster of weather. Temperatures soar and plunge. Precipitation spans the gamut from misty drizzle to torrential downpours and includes sleet and ice pellets. Aft...

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...