Still Life With Birder

One morning last May, a couple of very young Eastern Fox Squirrels ( Sciurus niger ) were fooling around in the elm tree outside my kitchen...

So what's famous about an Eastern Phoebe ( Sayornis phoebe) ? It isn't fabulously coloured.  Rather, it definitely fits in th...

This is another of our little birds of winter.  Like chickadees, nuthatches are year-round residents here. It is always a pleasure to see o...

I suppose it is warm somewhere today - it isn't here.  I'm not leaving for my winter vacation for another six weeks and I'm tir...

Happy New Year, Everyone!  And, what better way to start a year than a post about my favourite little birds - Black-capped Chickadees ( Poe...

I have had two Northern Flickers ( Colaptes auratus ) coming to my feeders today.  One is a Red-shafted female, which is unusual for my are...

Another Christmas has wrapped up.  I've been on and off with the enthusiasm this holiday season.  The weather makes such a difference t...

Today I went out driving around part of my usual winter birding route.  Nothing, Nothing, Nothing.  I don't blame the birds for not be...

My annual trek to see the Whooping Cranes ( Grus americana ) at Muskiki Lake, SK.   These are part of the wild flock that breeds in Wood Bu...

This is what most LIttle Houses on the Prairie looked like Prairie sloughs