It’s the end of June, which means fledging time for many birds’ second broods. The nesting season is already drawing to a close, it seems. Walking through the woods and fields is a game of hot and cold, with parent birds becoming increasingly more agitated as I wander by their hidden young. I was about [ Read More ]
The Piping Plovers are back at Sauble Beach, and I stopped in to visit them this morning (just hours before the first of the chicks would hatch, as it turned out). The nest was completely obscured by tall grass, but the male was foraging down the beach and remained quite cooperative. I followed him at [ 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.
