by Randy | Oct 3, 2015 | Birdwatching, Stoney Creek
They are called platform nests, Kathy, and both the male and female blue herons build them. Just look at them all. It looks like there might be three on that one branch alone! As our eyes skim the tops of the cottonwoods we lose count after about 20 nests – some...
by Randy | Jun 10, 2015 | Birdwatching, Stoney Creek
The Stoney Creek Environment Committee began keeping official bird records in August of 1996. That important work continues to this day with data recorded on bird species, sex, age, nesting sites and behaviour. In 2014 our weekend birding group identified 36 bird...
by Randy | May 23, 2015 | Birdwatching, Stoney Creek
It’s challenging, it’s exciting and it’s one of the fastest growing hobby in North America – its’ … it’s … bird watching! Our assignment, on this sunny 22nd day of November, is to distinguish between a male and female bushtit...
by Randy | Mar 21, 2015 | Birdwatching
September 6, 2014 – part 2 Edward spots its red head first. On the grassy slope at the base of a young cedar a tense drama is unfolding between a silent pileated woodpecker and a much smaller black squirrel. Eyes locked on one another each does a little power dance –...
