Yesterday while I was enjoying a walk down Whiffin Spit I stumbled across a Glaucous-winged gull eating a starfish. I had been scouring the parking lot and nearby area just to see if the Lark sparrow was still there, but either its flown away or was somewhere I couldn’t see. Thought I might just continue […]
Unexpectedly a Red-breasted Sapsucker arrived in the yard today. Not just one sapsucker, but two of them. In the past, I have sometimes seen them in the cedar trees here, but they are usually quite high up and you can hear them more than see them. I was just coming in the house and heard a […]
Well… actually the Horned Lark did have horns, he just wasn’t sharing them on that day. Instead, he was just quietly going about his or her business. It all started with the Lark Sparrow. I met Cathy at Whiffin Spit to see if it could be found again. As mentioned in my last post, we […]
Yesterday I found an unusual bird in the shape of a Lark Sparrow. I went to Whiffin Spit which is one of my favourite haunts in the non-summer months. Summer has a tendency to bring out everyone and their dogs wanting to enjoy the beach and the birding suffers. Whiffin Spit was once a place […]
Finding a marbled godwit is rare sighting for this area. Which means it occurs most years but usually few records per year. One may go for years and never see one and only hear the rumours of one being around. I had to go into Lanford yesterday, so I did a roundabout route and stopped […]
If these little birds aren’t visiting your yard or if you want to see more of them, here are 3 easy tips to attract hummingbirds to your yard. Over the years I have tried many different methods to attract hummingbirds to my garden and yard and have narrowed them down to these three. ONE This […]
Taking a walk at Muir Creek yesterday I was privileged to see a Northern rough-winged swallow feeding young. Hearing a lot of chattering I looked up and there was a Northern rough-winged swallow that had apparently fledged as it was no longer in the nest but was still requiring the parent to feed it. I don’t often […]
I did not start out today stalking the rare, elusive California quail, but what can one do when one hears unmistakable quail like noises coming from the underbrush. I looked, I searched and I hunted the noise. I caught momentary glimpses of them in the underbrush. I took pictures and it was like “where’s Waldo” […]
Did you know that birds love moving water? A great way to give them what they love is with this quick and easy birdbath drip. I have found that in the heat of summer, that a lot of birds come to my backyard, not necessarily for the bird seed but for the water. After observing this […]
Sounds like a murder novel… “The Mystery Of The Missing Huckleberries!” But really it’s not. I went out to pick some huckleberries to make some jam or muffins from our huckleberry bush and found that all the ripe ones were gone. Disappeared completely only leaving the unripened ones to pick. So leaving them on the […]
