The Baillie Birdathon: My Biggest Day of Birding Ever
The Baillie Birdathon yesterday was an excellent adventure. The birds, as always, presented some surprises. Some of my favourite sightings were black terns…
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Ode to an Office Window
The world outside my office window unfolds like a movie from first glow of dawn to evening frog song. Below it, the birdfeeder…
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A thoughtful comedy about bird nerds
Yesterday we rented and watched The Big Year (2011), a movie about birders. Specifically it stars Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson…
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White-nose syndrome spreads to Canadian bats
Canadian Wildlife Federation reports in the article Is this Goodnight? that a fungal disease decimating hibernating bat populations in the United States has…
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Eastern screech-owl
Last night, my partner and I received a mysterious and memorable visitation. With the sun setting behind the Church of Our Lady, we…
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Mixed-flock swallow phenomenon
Over the weekend I witnessed interesting behaviour in a flock of swallows along the Speed River. Friday afternoon on the way home from…
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Arboretum spring walk
[slickr-flickr id=”12687067@N00″ type=”gallery” tag=”arb1104″] On Easter Monday my partner and I went for a stroll at University of Guelph Arboretum. Nowhere is resurrection…
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Tree bark gallery
[slickr-flickr id=”12687067@N00″ type=”gallery” tag=”treezone2″] This winter I got in the habit of feeling tree bark. One weekend on a stroll through cedar woods…
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Consciousness and eyesight
Addressing Why did consciousness evolve? Malcolm MacIver at Science Not Fiction theorizes it arose as animals left the sea and adapted to terrestrial…
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