nature tales and camera trails

Today was our first 'real' winter storm day with snow and blowing snow since early afternoon and its still ongoing. Our bird feeder...

We saw two flocks of Canada Geese yesterday flying high in the sky. The first sighting was a flock of 24 seen when nearing Fredericton and ...

This morning, while checking back on bird sightings on December 1st for other years, I came across notes and pictures I had recorded regardi...

At this time of year, whenever I drive through a woodland area, I am hoping that I will get a glimpse of a Gray Jay . The only other jay spe...

We frequently have White-tailed Deer visiting our yard. On this particualr day there were three, or perhaps six; for at two different time...

One of our first returning migrants in the spring and one of the last to leave in the fall, this lone Common Grackle had been hanging around...

This is the bird species that first got me started on bird- watching. On November 10, 1999, a small flock were feeding in our High Bush Cran...

Its rusty mantle and light eyes led me to the identification of this blackbird as a Rusty Blackbird. Luckily for me this sighting was in th...

Blue Jays are one our most loyal daily visitors to our feeder area. As well as immediate notice of their presence by their striking, boldly...

A wave of satis- faction rolled over me as I realized the little bird that I thought might have been a Chickadee, flitting about feeding on ...

What a very handsome bird and how wonderful it was to see it in our yard today! We do not have Cardinals in our feeder area frequently so it...

Can you see it? I almost didn't for the colours and patterning of this Ruffed Grouse, aka: Birch Partridge , blend in so well with its s...

This one, and other Hairy Woodpeckers, both male and female are regular daily visitors in our feeder area. Our peanut feeders are their most...

No; for those of you not familiar with Pine Grosbeaks they do not have a red fringed bill, but this female one does temporarily while it fea...

I had seen a small flock of Canada Geese yesterday and upon checking for them this morning I found that they were still in the same locatio...

Our timing was just right last weekend when we chanced upon this Merlin at Carleton Park in Fredericton North. Usually a Merlin sighting is ...

This small falcon was a pleasant, surprise sighting yesterday at Carleton Park in Fredericton North. We had stopped there hoping to see som...

November becomes a time when my focus shifts from field sightings to those seen daily at our feeders. Living in a rural area within a small...