On certain warm, summer nights in Courtenay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Common Nighthawks (Chordeiles […]
A Barred Owl Comes Calling
Guest post by Marcie Callewaert Every summer a Barred Owl (Strix varia) visits our property. […]
Waterfall Gets Stamp of Approval
We had originally planned a family trip to the spectacular Little Qualicum Falls in Little […]
Golden-eyed Grass
Driving past the Griffin Pub on Kilmorley Road in Comox, British Columbia, you probably wouldn’t […]
Scat Cat!
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been a big fan of cats, […]
Book Review – The Crossley ID Guide (Eastern Birds)
The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds Richard Crossley Princeton University Press Cloth Flexibound 544 pages […]
Early Sub-alpine Flowers
In an effort to find some allergy relief we headed up to Paradise Meadows in […]
A Blue-eyed Visitor
It’s been a busy month so it was great to have a bit of downtime […]
Searching for Sole
Last weekend I took off my sandals and, 4 year old son in tow, headed […]
Summer Swallowtails
With the arrival of warmer weather comes the swallowtails of summer. This weekend I got […]