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On a gorgeous day, three days ago, I took a couple from Switzerland over to Victor Bay, where people from Arctic Bay go to escape from the hustle and bustle. While talking to a fellow over there he happened to mention that there had been Narwhal there the night before. One of the goals of…
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Ten Years
About a week ago I was going through a box that we’d brought from storage and I found a plastic bag full of letters and cards. Pulling one randomly I discovered it was my Anniversary card to Janice from the 1st of July 1995. The next day she found she had a lump in her…
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No Ice Ice Baby
Driving back from the airport the day before yesterday I could not see any ice in Admiralty Inlet, Adams Sound or Strathcona Sound. Three days ago there was still some pack in Victor Bay but that seems to have moved off also. After nine months with some ice to be seen it is nice to…
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Travis’ Fourth Birthday
Saturday last was Travis’ fourth birthday, and although I intended to post then about it, I’ll make an abbreviated attempt now. The weather co-operated a little better this year than the past few years, but it still was glorious out. All the same we had the party at Victor Bay. I still hadn’t gotten the…
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Voices from above
I heard voices last night, or rather a voice. We’d been taking advantage of the nice evening to do some work outside. I was painting our fuel tank stand, to match the siding on the house, and Leah and her sister Eunice had just come out with the kids to do a general clean up. …
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Birding at the dump
I’m probably one of the few people in the world who has birded at the southernmost dump in the world, in Ushuaia Argentina, and at dumps in the High Arctic. I guess you can say I’ve birded in some of the best dumps in the world. Or at least at the ends of the world.…
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So many posts, so little time
The strange thing about this dearth of posting is that I have a wealth of things I’ve been wanting to write about. It just seems I’ve no time early in the day, and no alertness at the end. But… I’m snapping out of it… starting right now.
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Another Grevious Loss
One of the things that have kept me (and there have been several) from blogging over the last day or so has been our best weather since 2002. After a week of cold and drizzle and no planes it cleared off and we have had several days of 11 or 12 degree temperatures, sunny skies…
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First Friday – The Climb
I said that I’d post my entry to First Friday here today. So here is my first attempt at Birding Fiction…. Update. Hey apparently I won. I must have been the only entry. The Climb This was how the Fall was supposed to smell, the smell of highbush cranberries after the frost. It had been…
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Happy Anniversary I and the Bird
There is something special about creation, about having the vision to see a void and create the very thing needed to fill that emptiness. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since Mike at 10,000 Birds conceived of a carnival about his passion, birds and the people who love them. Mike started one…
