A magnificent brown thrasher makes his presence known at Ashbridge’s on Tues. April 6. © BCP 2010 Okay, relax everybody…It’s true I’m a novice birdwatcher, but even I know that the picture right above these words isn’t of an unknown LBB — it’s a streaked robin, a species infrequently seen in these parts and known […]
A common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, getting a drink and a bath on Easter weekend. © BCP 2010 The common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, is one of the blackbirds most people love to hate. Ornithologists classify the grackle as a songbird, but lots of people would have a hard time with that description, as the bird’s voice […]
Mrs. Cardinal, taking a break from foraging on the ground, allowed me to approach quite closely today. © BCP 2010 A wonderful day at the beach today. So many of our feathered friends have returned, it’s hard to catalogue them all. There are the returning migrants that will stay here for the summer and into […]
A song sparrow sings for all to hear, deep in the heart of a sea buckthorn bush at the beach. © BCP 2010 No longer do we have to crow, so to speak, about every sign of spring, for it is surely exploding all around us. A walk just about anywhere now makes that a […]
Lake Ontario on Good Friday, April 2, 2010. © BCP 2010 Good Friday! Yes, it certainly is. And a beautiful one, too. With a record-breaking weekend ahead of us, temperature-wise, it seems like spring couldn’t get much better. I stopped to snap this picture of our beautiful lake as it caught my eye on the […]
