Every time I visit Mountsberg Conservation Area, I’m compelled to go get a few sketches of this bird. His name is Conan, and he made his living as an urban predator in Toronto before suffering a permanent wing injury (likely the result of being hit by a car) and ending up at Mountsberg’s raptor centre. [ Read More ]
I had to share this animation, taken from a press release made by NASA this morning, and YouTube’d by the ever-awesome Phil Plait (who has a great blog post about it here). It’s an exceptionally clear and powerful illustration of just what that high-tech toy known as the Kepler Space Telescope is doing way up [ Read More ]
There’s a path that runs along Eastport Drive in Burlington, far more overgrown than most city trails. It winds its way along the shoreline to a small platform overlooking Hamilton Harbour, although the view is largely obstructed by trees and vegetation. It is not a peaceful place: behind you is the heavy drone of traffic [ Read More ]
Saturday morning I headed out to Grass Lake. The local Sandhill Cranes had been spotted several times recently engaging in courtship behaviour — unexpected for this time of year, I would think, but having never witnessed the famed crane dance I was only too eager to take advantage of their out-of-season amourousness. The cranes were [ 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.
