Feed the Birds: My Grandmother’s Homemade Suet Cake Recipe
Suet is an excellent source of energy for birds. You can provide plain suet, or mix it with nuts, raisins, and other fruit. You can buy the mixture, or make your own. One of the benefits of making your...
View ArticleFeathers on Friday
If you would like to join me for my Feathers on Friday meme, please put the link to your blog post in the comments and I’ll add the link to my post. A Hairy Woodpecker in my grandmother’s yard during...
View ArticleCall for Photos —“Backyard Bird Feeding: An Alberta Guide”
Myrna Pearman, manager and biologist at the Ellis Bird Farm (EBF) in southern Alberta, is updating EBF’s now out-of-print Winter Bird Feeding: An Alberta Guide. The revised book, to be called Backyard...
View ArticleFeathers on Friday
If you would like to join me for my Feathers on Friday meme, please put the link to your blog post in the comments and I’ll add the link to my post. The snow has all melted and the redpolls will soon...
View Article2015-2016 Winter Finch Forecast
Every year, Ontario ornithologist Ron Pittaway analyzes the seed and berry crops of the boreal forest to predict the movements of winter finches. Certain species will move south or stay in their usual...
View ArticleFeathers on Friday
If you would like to join me for my Feathers on Friday meme, please put the link to your blog post in the comments and I’ll add the link to my post. After two years of seeing only a handful of Common...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Common Redpolls
Over Christmas, I had a chance to get better photos of the Common Redpolls at our big feeder. All the photo are taken with my Nikon D610 with the 200-500mm lens. The 36” feeder is so big that it barely...
View Article2015 Christmas Bird Count and CBC4Kids
The 26th annual Vermilion Christmas Bird Count was held on December 19th. I’m the president for our local Naturalist Society this year, so I organized the count, made sure we had field counters for...
View ArticleBirding in the Winter
Winter got off to a pretty mild start all around North America, but seems to have arrived now, everywhere just in time for the new year. Finding birds in the winter can sometimes be very challenging....
View Article“Backyard Bird Feeding” Book Signing
I made this poster for the signing and posted them around town. I’ve been meaning to post about biologist and author Myrna Pearman‘s Vermilion book signing this past December for some time now, but...
View ArticleThe Hummingbirds of Alberta
Alberta is in the Canadian sweet spot for hummingbird species, with three regularly occurring species. Rarer species often show up at feeders through the year, so it pays to keep your eyes open....
View ArticleFeathers on Friday
If you would like to join me for my Feathers on Friday meme, please put the link to your blog post in the comments and I’ll add the link to my post. I apologize for missing FoF last week. To make up...
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