Still Life With Birder

I've found a number of American Pipits ( Anthus rubescens )  two days in a row now, same general location.  These pipits are regular Fa...

I walked around Roche Percee Park yesterday - the first time in months.  This Spring, word went out that the old and dilapidated park might...

Red-tailed Hawks ( Buteo jamaicensis ) are my default hawks around here; that is, if I can't immediately identify a given hawk, I go in...

My friend Lasha and I went to the Kelowna Farmers' Market on a Saturday a few weeks ago.  (Ed.  my grammar was just killing me - so I fi...

I got in a bit of birding during my recent road trip to Vancouver and Quadra Islands.  I managed to snap a few semi-decent photos which I...

Two Blue Jays ( Cyanocitta cristata ) have been coming to my yard every morning, picking up peanuts I toss out for the squirrels .

  American Bittern   Botaurus lentiginosus     CORRECTION:  Black-crowned Night-Heron, juvenile. This is a juvenile bird as it lacks ...

I finally found the photo I took of three Whooping Cranes ( Grus americana) two years ago, east of Weyburn.

I went birding yesterday, because I always do on October 7 - it's my birthday!!!! I left my house at 5:30 a.m.  The sun came up a bit ...

Ooops, almost forgot to post this.  Still in the Roger's Pass - Mount Sir Donald is possibly the most striking mountain along the road...