Great Backyard Bird Count

In the midst of the Great White North’s shortest month, the Great Backyard Bird Count offered me a welcome reprive from February blahs. During the past four days, I spent hours scanning my yard,...

Australia’s Grass Trees

With snow blanketing our Nova Scotia yard and nearby meadows and woods, I decided to devote today’s post to an icon of Australian vegetation, the grass tree. During our year in Oz, Vilis and I f...

3 Intriguing Bird Behaviour Videos

This morning, I walked with Pepper in calm, still cold before sunrise, the -15°C air fresh and biting. New snow blanketed our access road, the white stuff embossed with amorphous hollows created by c...

Australian Bowerbird Artistry

During our year in Australia, Vilis and I observed three species of bowerbirds, the males of which build and decorate courtship bowers and arrange display courts to attract potential mates. In Townsvi...