Whilst Out Walking

The Pre-Garden Season Edition Leaving Something Behind - A Garden Planted.

Why do we garden?

#garden #gardening #nature #legacy
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Forest Trail-head

Trail into the forest

An Early Bird A Northern Flicker has returned to the garden perhaps a month ahead of the normal schedule - right in the middle of a snowstorm. These are primarily ground feeders ... that could be a problem.

A Northern Flicker has returned to the garden perhaps a month ahead of the normal schedule - right in the middle of a snowstorm. These are primarily ground feeders ... that could be a problem.

#bird #birds #climate

Freeform Gardening, Redpolls and some other interesting matters

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A slow week – with rabbits

Sunday 15 February Out and About This week started as the one before left off, overnight temperatures below -20C and not much warmer during daylight. Then mid week, as temperatures started to rise slightly we had a snow fall that required shoveling of fresh paths for me…

Noticing Nature #22 : Owls Wednesday 11 February This week’s birds area eagerly awaited, I am sure ,simply because owls draw bigger crowds sometimes to their detriment) than pretty well any other birds. Everyone wants to see Owls. Whenever the nearby Arboretum organises a night-time "owl prowl" it is guaranteed to be sold out within days of announcement while visitors regularly ask where they can see these wonderful birds.

Noticing Nature #22 : Owls

Wednesday 11 February This week’s birds area eagerly awaited, I am sure ,simply because owls draw bigger crowds sometimes to their detriment) than pretty well any other birds. Everyone wants to see Owls. Whenever the nearby Arboretum organises a night-time "owl prowl" it…

A Sense of Place Sunday 8 February Coming Next Week: Last week, following a week which for various reasons did not include a whole lot of walking, I wrote a longer piece than usual about just one species, the Northern Cardinal. It has proved to be gratifyingly popular. Some years ago, spurred by a naturalist in England, I used an old-fashioned blog to share a photo of a new species of bird, mammal, fungus or flower each day.

A Sense of Place

Sunday 8 February Coming Next Week: Last week, following a week which for various reasons did not include a whole lot of walking, I wrote a longer piece than usual about just one species, the Northern Cardinal. It has proved to be gratifyingly popular. Some years ago, spurred by a…

Noticing Nature #21 : Pigeons, Doves and Cuckoos Introduction to the basics of identifying pigeons, doves and cuckoos

Introduction to the basics of identifying pigeons, doves and cuckoos

#birds #birding #wildlife

De-Googling Your Life - Opt for Privacy

#Proton #Gmail #Privacy

A Congregation of Cardinals

#birds #birding #cardinal

Winter visitor ...

#birds #birding #winter

Citizen Science and Raccoons

Citizeen science and raccoons

A model for other towns … Environmental Gardening

A model for people in other communities who are seeking ways to make their local environment healthier.

If the US no longer wants tp lead, Canada will.

#Canada #Carney #Leadership

Noticing Nature #19: Grouse and Shorebirds

A brief introduction to identification #birds #birding #shorebirds

Become Engulfed

Getting into nature #nature #conservation

Trump is reportedly taking aim at Canada and raising alarms about its ‘vulnerability’ Trump’s expansion of US influence now targets northern neighbor he previously labeled America’s ‘51st state’

See also:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

It is not Canada's job to provide a land buffer that protects the US ... nor do the Arctic seaways exist for US ships to play in.

Whilst Out Walking there’s always something to see, even in January … and to read at the end, a tale about bears and another about dolphins.

#walking #wildlife #bears, #Dolphins #nature

A Conservation Tool … Sacrosanct Land

I shied away from this at first because the whole concept of “sacredness” makes me shudder … but if we could find an alternative word without the religious overtones then this makes a lot of sense. Perhaps sacrosanct or inviolable ? Quote: "I started thinking…

Lichen, small lichen

Winter’s Feel-good response to Cynicism The following is a direct quote from an excellent Substack readers might like to follow (link at the end). It's just nice. QUOTE: Four days ago, I opened this newsletter with a story about a Miffy snowman in the Netherlands. Someone knocked off the bunny’s ears late at night. Police officers stopped, restored both ears, and drove away. Nobody would have known if a doorbell camera hadn’t caught them.

Winter’s Feel-good response to Cynicism

The following is a direct quote from an excellent Substack readers might like to follow (link at the end). It's just nice. QUOTE: Four days ago, I opened this newsletter with a story about a Miffy snowman in the Netherlands. Someone knocked off the bunny’s…

An introductory overview of Raptors (birds of prey) is available on on my Substack site

#birds #birding #hawks #birdsofprey

Into the Tangled Bank

On enthusing people about nature - especially kids

Snow Rabbit

Cottontail rabbit in the snow #rabbit #snow #garden

GARDEN BIRDS – REPORT from 2025 97 Garden Bird Species During 2025 #birds #birding #garden #gardenbirds

GARDEN BIRDS – REPORT from 2025

97 Garden Bird Species During 2025 #birds #birding #garden #gardenbirds

A year of garden birding (2025)

#birds #birding #garden

To give someone a book is to give them a tool for self-identifying education, a portable world, a rehearsal space for reality. In an age of constant signals, reading remains an act of freedom.

A “Real” Robin Look what the wind blew in - Montreal today. I'll not be going to see this poor creature, close as it is - I must have seen hundreds of real Euro-Robins on my life list already and I have little wish to add to the crowds of birds that will be crossing the continent to see this sad stray. I doubt it will survive for long, if something doesn't eat it the January cold will slow it down. Nevertheless - a nice tick for somebody. Heaven knows how it got here.

A “Real” Robin

Look what the wind blew in - Montreal today. I'll not be going to see this poor creature, close as it is - I must have seen hundreds of real Euro-Robins on my life list already and I have little wish to add to the crowds of birds that will be crossing the continent to see this sad…

Great Reedmace ... or Bullrush, or Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia) There is a wetland area where I went looking for birds in the snow this morning. Most of the wetland is a shallow pond that is being gradually taken over by Cattails and this specimen called to me to take its portrait. And I did so, a large Raven flew lowish overhead, calling two another than answered for a good distance to the north.

Cattails and an ice-bound lid. Fun in the snow with Ravens.

#plants #birds #winter