nature tales and camera trails

When I first started birding I could identify very few duck species just by sight. Even though I might sight several different species all ...

The colour of blue on the Mallard's wing reminds me of the blue in the Dress Buchanan Tartan.

(photo above of a male Mallard and a female American Black Duck) While observing a large group of Mallard Ducks yesterday I also noticed a ...

This Cattle Egret photo (above) was taken this weekend past in Saint John, NB on November 12th. The only other time I had seen a Cattle Eg...

They arrive every April, during the latter part of the month and stay around our feeder area until late October or early November. I have n...

Our first snow came yesterday and with it came a small flock of Red-winged Black birds , stopping for a while to feed before continuing th...

These little northern sparrows, American Tree Sparrows , arrived at our feeders last week. Tree Sparrows breed from Alaska to northern Lab...

At first when I saw this small flock of birds in the sunlight, gathered on the dirt road ahead of us, I thought they were a group of Goldfin...

Another masked visitor; but this was a welcome one. This handsome Cedar Waxwing visited our feeder area this week and checked out the remai...

I've never seen a juvenile Robin this late into the autumn season but the few lingering spots on this birds rusty breast suggests to m...

On Hallowe'en night we treated over a hundred welcome visitors, however there are a couple of persistent masked visitors that have worn...

A lot can be added to a person's knowledge of identifying character- istics of birds at their various life stages through studying det...

Ruffed Grouse/Partridge photo November 2003

This Ruffed Grouse , known also as a Partridge, was sitting on a log under our High Bush Cranberry tree yesterday afternoon. This is the ti...

This juvenile Great Blue Heron, seen in the photo to the right , could well be my last Heron sighting this fall as the season is now getti...

It isn't often that I see a Gray Jay (also know as as Canada Jay , Wiskey-Jack ) but if I do it is usually at this time of year that I...

My day gets started just right if I can look out my window and see a handsome, red Northern Cardinal perched in the Choke Cheery tree overl...