Late Winter Birding in Truro, Nova Scotia

Two days ago, the world beyond my windows looked like the photo to ther right. Today, wild winds and rain melted vast quantities of snow and left stretches of our access road muddy, puddle-filled or i...

Nova Scotia Spring

Early this morning I walked in frost, the sun a pale gold ball burning through thin trunks of birches growing alongside Balmoral Road. I heard the sharp chatter and ‘cheerio-cheeriup-cheerioR...