Gardening with the Birds

With the threat of rain in the forecast, I tilled a patch of well-drained soil early this morning and planted a salad garden in it – spinach, Romaine and leaf lettuces, Swiss chard, beets, red onion...

White-throated Sparrow

This morning, while I ran on roads through woods and clearings, I was serenaded by the early songsters of the Nova Scotian spring dawn chorus – American robins, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, h...

White-tailed Deer Sign

Today I recalled walking our long access road through the woods to Balmoral Road fourteen years ago, my mind filled with nothing but an image of breakthrough. One doe on the lawn is what Vilis spotted...

Birding at Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area, Nova Scotia

On a hunt for early warblers, I drove this morning in sun and wind to Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area, a freshwater marsh located on the north shore of Nova Scotia about 35 kilometres west of Tatam...