nature tales and camera trails

As the white, adult male Northern Harrier scanned the dry, browned, November grasses in search of prey, the dark gray background of the for...

They are called Common Goldeneye , but I don't think so common in their beauty, and they could easily have been named 'Polka Dots...

I didn't start out that early but this is what 9:30 AM looked like yesterday morning, lots of fog! And the fog continued along for most...

They have been back several times, these Evening Grosbeaks , since I first sighted them in our yard on Saturday (Nov. 22nd) . Other years I ...

I saw a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk today at Sheffield, along highway #105 which borders the Saint John River at that portion of the highwa...

These little sparrow visitors, a Field Sparrow and a Chipping Sparrow , are still at our feeders today. This marks their seventh day of at...

I had been sitting upstairs at my computer when I saw a small flock of birds fly to the top of my neighbour's trees across the street fr...

This is more of a tale of a bird sighting, rather than of a bird encounter adventure. At this time of year, as both the leaves and temperat...

A group of Blue Jays had seen this hawk first for when I had gone outdoors and was going to my vehicle I heard a terrific series of loud squ...

We had a couple of very surprising sparrow visitors yesterday in Bird Alley: a Field Sparrow and a Chipping Sparrow . We have Chipping Spa...