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Archive for September, 2008

Posted by Jocelyn Posted on Sep - 21 - 2008

Those other flying vertebrates

I stopped in at my parents’ place this afternoon to pick up Loki after a weekend at the Pinery.  My six-year-old niece begged me to stay awhile and take her out ‘bird sketching’ in the backyard, and I had to oblige.  Having no siblings to look up to, she’s adopted me instead as a role  [ Read More ]

Categories: Field Sketches
Posted by Jocelyn Posted on Sep - 13 - 2008

Night-Herons, Victoria Park

I go for walks in this park quite frequently on my lunch hours, which is why I was a bit sheepish to learn that a number of Black-crowned Night-Herons were hanging around there — and not hidden away in a tangle or high in a tree, either, but sitting in full view just offshore on  [ Read More ]

Categories: Field Sketches