It’s said that if you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed, and this was the attitude that I started out with today as I headed for the Metz in search of Snowy Owls. Finding these birds seemed like some combination of spotting a needle in a haystack and a polar bear in a snowstorm [ Read More ]
I went for a walk on Sunday afternoon while visiting the folks. My old dog Max accompanied me for the first time since last spring, looking better than he had in months. For reasons unknown he’d begun to shed his winter coat in the middle of January, and I snapped a photo of the spontaneous [ Read More ]
LaSalle was teeming with its usual winter waterfowl this morning. Common Goldeneye, White-winged Scoter, Greater Scaup and a few Common Merganser dove offshore. Bufflehead and American Coot used the confusion of ducks and geese for cover as they scooted in for a share of the handouts. At the far end of the marina, a raft [ Read More ]
I’ve had only fleeting glimpses of the Bohemian Waxwings in the Arb this winter, but Guelph’s other visiting attraction, the Pine Grosbeaks, are much more approachable. Numbers vary from a handful to several hundred, but if one spends a little time by the crab apple trees behind the university’s Bovey Building, they’re bound to show [ Read More ]
Birder with a sketchbook, skeptic and popular science junkie. Spends too much on books. Fearful of spiders. Is well trained.
Currently resides in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
