Canadian Birds: Canada Goose

The big, handsome Canada goose dabbles for food, mates for life, talks with loud honks and flies the skies in energy-conserving V-formations called skeins.   During the past week, I’ve heard Ca...

Australian Birds: Laughing Kookaburra

An Aussie icon, the laughing kookaburra greets the dawn with maniacal chortles and flies ritualized trapeze flights to defend its home group’s territory.   This week’s featured bird i...

Australian Mammals: Common Wombat

Which chunky marsupial herbivore is an ardent burrower and has a liking for its own company? Australia’s captivating common wombat!   This month we travel to southern Australia for our intr...

South African Birds: Double-collared Sunbird

Petite and agile, the southern double-collared sunbird and greater double-collared sunbird are avian jewels and nectar feeders extraordinaire in Southern Africa.   Since I missed last week’...