After three weeks without a visit, I finally got around to returning to the Cooper’s Hawk nest at the Guelph Lake Nature Centre on Saturday. Unfortunately the parking lot gate was closed, and spotting a parking ticket on the windshield of one of the other cars parked along the shoulder, I kept my visit brief. [ Read More ]
Tuesday afternoon, my niece and I went out birdwatching in the back fields. Halfway down the trail we came across a trio of Eastern Kingbird fledglings, noisily demanding morsels from the busy adult birds. No keening or mewling from these youngsters — already they’d developed the sharp, distinctive voices of their parents. It’s the only [ Read More ]
Hummingbirds at rest are one of my all-time favourite subjects. Ever alert, they are continually raising and relaxing their iridescent feathers. The smallest turn of the head will release dazzling refracted rays of colour, while the next will turn that fiery gorget into ebony. Their exceedingly high metabolism (the highest of any vertebrate) keeps their [ 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.
