nature tales and camera trails

I had never believed that a bird could mew like a cat until I had heard one.; then I had finally seen one. I always consider it a delight w...

We love the Tree Swallows that have faithfully have nested in our Tree Swallow house every year since we had put it up. My daughter had name...

We have had two handsome male Rose-breasted Grosbeak visiting and feeding in Bird Alley recently. Yesterday I missed a great picture of them...

An Eagle on a branch as seen from the other side of the river.

I thought to make this post today of a variety of birds all with the same theme in common, their display of red-hued feathers featured on t...

Yesterday was a bonus day for watching birds from my window. It is not often that we have Evening Grosbeaks visiting, but yesterday we had ...

My Mother's name was Ruby and this little male Ruby-throated Hummingbird, brings memories of her to my mind when I mentally take note t...

This delightful little bird is back again today after making its spring debut at our feeders yesterday, Its a handsome little male Ruby-thr...

We didn't have to wait long. Within a couple of hours we had a handsome Ruby-throated male feeding at one of the feeders. I missed that...

This guy Pileated Woodpecker has a marvellous red head! It looked a bit ruffled on the top, and his feathery ( hair?) really appealed to me...

Every spring for the past two or three we have eagerly waited to see our first crocus bloom. That wonderful event happened over the past we...

I am guessing that the smaller bird to the left is a Northern Flicker. Does anyone have any comments on this id?

April Showers bring Mayflowers. Yes, Indeed they do! I found Mayflowers in bloom along highway #785 today! Now we have both April Showers a...

Even from a distance as we approached this stark tree outlined against the sky we knew the dark shape perched on it wasn't a crow as it...

There is no doubting of the identify of this little sparrow! Notice its white- throat ed bib. Its a white- throated Sparrow And the y t...

Its naming is in the colouring of its head. This is a male Brown-headed Cowbird . The female of this species is a demure gray in colour, bu...

My first sighting this spring of this handsome, spectacular looking Ring- necked Duck was yesterday when I had seen it at French Lake. I h...

This time of year especially I am more alert to noticing the difference in birds as I watch and wait for sight of returning migrants. But w...

What a lovely treat and surprise yesterday to see such beautiful vivid purple-pink colour in the branches outside my windows yesterday afte...

We are expecting snow this afternoon, quite a storm apparently , so I decided to do my birding rounds early this morning. I saw very little,...