Bye Bye Baby(s)

I woke up yesterday and started my day in usual fashion; a morning coffee, played some Angry Birds, checked my email, a few household chores, a trip to Walmart to save us one on the weekend. It was a pleasant morning, finally having a break from all that humidity. Some love it but I certainly don't and especially while we are still in May. It just should not hit +38c at this time of year. I've been hiding out more at home lately just because...

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I Needed This...

So, after the horrors of Sunday (see previous blog); I decided to set out on the next available opportunity and hopefully find some of my masked friends, in much healthier states, in my regular stomping grounds.Tuesday was the day. It was my final day of vacation and I really should have stayed home and got at a few things that needed to be done, the things neglected while off for two weeks. But tomorrow is always a day away...I left the house...

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Demons Are Among Us... and it's Not the Raccoons

It's funny how my blog prior to this was about all the wonderful sightings I have had of Raccoons in the last little while. Everybody knows I love them masked creatures much like all the masked birds around us. Even Robert Bateman obviously has some love for them as well, here's one of his paintings of this Procyon species.But on Sunday morning I was once again reminded that not everyone shares the same love for Raccoons and nature in general.We...

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More of My Masked Friends

It's been a whole lot of birding around here the last couple weeks. Birds, birds and even more birds. But through the travels, and looking up into the trees, I do enjoy the sightings of my masked friends.A few big blogs coming up soon but please enjoy these shots in the meantime...that's one well fed adult up there on that tiny branch, and his mate is sleeping behind him, if you notice her earsprobably wondering if I got a sandwich for himcurious...

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Pelee Snippit

singing male Yellow WarblerAngie and I just returned from the Leamington area, a 4 day vacation with our friends Jim and Lynda, hitting the "birding capital" of Ontario being Point Pelee National Park. It was an excellent time with mostly great weather. Our species total hit 86 by the end of it all which is pretty darn good going 95% by sight over sound. If we could ID a few more by songs only, we certainly would have hit 100 species.It's been...

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Birders Are Crazy

Birders. People who love birds. And to some, even other birders, to a point of bizarre craziness that leaves heads shaking... or a burst out of laughter.I was reminded today of how nutty birders can be. Never mind the gasps you occasionally hear, as their breath is taken away by the sight of something as beautiful as a male Scarlet Tanager (see below).saw this guy at Col. Sam Smith Park this past SaturdayI am talking about the rush, the flock,...

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My Little Friend(s)

Three years ago is when I first really took notice to the American Robin. Sure, I've seen and watched them ever since I was a kid. In school we were always taught that the Robin is the first sign of Spring. In 1958 "Rockin' Robin" was a chart topper recorded by Bobby Day and covered so many times by so many people including Micheal Jackson and The Muppets.I guess seeing them all my life, I just blended them in with the natural scenery, like being...

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