From January 6 to February 3, 1979, the Voyager I spacecraft covered a distance of 27 million kilometers during its approach of Jupiter. A selection of photos from this period, taken at the same longitude each Jovian rotation (about once every ten hours) was assembled into a time-lapse animation by the folks back on Earth [ Read More ]
Botanical drawing is a very different process from that of sketching birds. The juggling of bins, pencil, sketchbook and other gear while following small songbirds through the foliage, coupled with the frantic pace required to capture a moving subject, tends to leave me feeling burned out after extended sessions. Kicking back to contemplate a quiet [ Read More ]
The Pileated Woodpecker is the largest and grandest of the Canadian woodpeckers. Even non-birders are compelled to take notice when they see one, which isn’t often, given their relative shyness and preference for large, mature forests. Patience and persistance is usually all one really needs to find them, but far more often I’ll simply stumble [ Read More ]
On Wednesday, I headed out to Bruce Caves to look for warblers. Apparently I had allowed my guard to be lowered after a relatively bug-free visit to Isaac Lake the previous morning, as I deliberately neglected to go back into the cottage and retrieve the bug spray that I realized I’d forgotten as I pulled [ Read More ]
It’s been a long and tiring week, most of it spent happily outdoors chasing spring migrants. My first excursion was north to the Bruce Peninsula, where I spent a morning at Isaac Lake wildlife sanctuary. Being only May, and being mid-week, I had the entire reserve to myself — to wander the gravel road that [ Read More ]
I never did make it to Long Point this past weekend. Saturday I had to work, and a late night out spoiled my plans to rise well before dawn the next morning and make the two hour drive to the park. So after sleeping in on Sunday I headed out to the Currie Tract near [ 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.
