Now That’s A Birding Day!

There are times when the natural world just leaves you in awe. Standing in the middle of a field with binoculars around your neck, and your mouth hanging open. Last Saturday was one of those days. The local bird alert line had mentioned the sighting of a gyrfalcon near a …

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Marsh Diaries #16

We are having the gentlest October I can remember in a long time. Sunny days hovering around 20C (70F), not a breath of wind, and lots of yellow leaves gently drifting down. The weather gods are obviously trying to apologize for the dismal drenching we got in September. When camping …

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Marsh Diaries Part 14

I’m pretty sure I broke a new personal record for the number of pictures taken last weekend. After record high temperatures, a cool front pushed the smoke from forest fires in British Columbia across the Rocky Mountains. A haze covered the entire province for a few days, and the sun …

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Marsh Diaries Part 11

We do a lot of prairie driving. Even without the regular trips to the lake, we’re prone to hopping in the car and driving through the grasslands to see what’s new. When most people think of the prairies, they think of field after field of crops or rangeland. What many don’t …

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