Beaver Engineering Inc.

During the summer, a pair of beavers set up home in a lodge they built against the bank of a small pond on our property. I would see them in late afternoon swimming in the pond or hunched amid the ald...

Cut to the Heart – by a Beaver

Taking a break from writing on a dreary afternoon, I photographed rain-wet trees chewed by beavers who have been decimating alders and pincherries near our bridge over Matheson Brook here in northern ...

Porcupines

Almost a month beyond the vernal equinox, American robins belt out their melodic ‘cheerio-cheeriup-cheerio’ as night creeps into day. Juncos trill monotonic territorial defence proclamatio...

Winter Notes on White-tailed Deer

At the edge of Nova Scotia’s spring, a wild north wind sends treetops shuddering, and sunlight in clear blue sky reflects off snowdust, bathing our yard, meadows, and woods with brilliant light....