Fish Eaters

March 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Common Mergansers for Bird Weekly: birds who eat fish primarily.

E-birds

March 6, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Birds that start with the letter ‘E’ for Bird Weekly Challenge. Featured is an Eastern Kingbird – a summer resident here. The Bald Eagles are regulars, and the odd Great Egret wanders through from time to time.

Canadian Couple

March 5, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: pairs

Love in Lockdown

February 14, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Everything about a cardinal brings such joy to my day. Chickadees remind me of childhood. These happy visitors love to sing along with me when I call their name. My newest love are the Common Redpolls. So delightful. (There are few birds I don’t love, so when Lisa challenged us to showcase our favourites I […]

‘D’ Bird

February 6, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Downy Woodpecker, Morning Doves, Mallard Ducks. Bird Weekly challenge: birds that start with letter d.

Brown is the New Black

January 23, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Bird Weekly challenge: birds with brown feathers. Featured is a Chipping Sparrow

Butt End

January 17, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A Dark-eyed junco and a Downy woodpecker for Bird Weekly’s challenge.

Wordless Wednesday

January 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

We All Start With ‘C’

January 8, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A cardinal, Common merganser, covy of Common redpoll, a chickadee. For Bird Weekly’s challenge: birds that start with ‘c’.

Wordless Wednesday

January 6, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I dream that I am teaching again, and having assigned the class independent work, I am spending time connecting with each student to see if they are grasping the material. It’s my favourite part of teaching, and I wake up wondering if I’ll ever have that feeling again. So rewarding. It is bittersweet, growing old. […]

Fatal Fury

Really wasn’t your faultthis fury that overcame –Words evoked onslaught,a raging river of pain. Didn’t mean to push you,miscalculated my aim,swimming in swamp watersnot a recommended game. You floundered, gurgled,cursed me by name –our love story, now viralbrought an alligator fame. (Image my own. Tale is totally fictional, I promise.)