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 | Apr 20, 2015 | Birdwatching
A Bird Magnet! Zip, zing, zoom – birds are flying everywhere! I knew this was going to be a good walk exclaims Mojgan – I just knew it. The air is buzzing with excitement as the five of us explore this ‘new to us’ trail. We entered the grassy pathway just...
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 –...
by Randy | Jan 29, 2015 | Birdwatching, Stoney Creek
Saturday, September 6, 2014 – part 1 All around us dry crispy leaves are falling from the trees. We can actually hear them hitting one another as they lazily float down to the gravel pathway like snowflakes. It smells like fall – even though it is officially 17 days...
by Randy | Dec 28, 2014 | Birdwatching, Stoney Creek
Look what I found a few days ago. It’s sort of coming apart. Does anyone know what kind of nest it might be? Spider webs and green and white lichen on the outside … moss and cottonwood seed on the inside … hummingbird nest? – or is it too big?...
