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Soothsayer
Not tea leaves, but blue berries.
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At Anchor
The CCGS Des Grosielliers at anchor in Arctic Bay.
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Maritima
They are late migrants here, and stand out once the Baird's Sanpipers and others. Here is a Purple Sandpiper from the other day, when all the other waders had fled these shores.
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Broken wings
And now 'tis man who dares assault the sky . . . And as we come to claim our promised place, Aim only to repay the good you gave, And warm with human love the chill of space. — Prof. Thomas G. Bergin It seems like it has been a hellish month, this last…
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Playing chicken
Growing up in rural Manitoba where and when I did, I called Sharp-tailed Grouse "Prairie Chickens". There were real Prairie Chickens that owned that name, but I didn't know that. They were a bird I never knew. There was a time though, when there were many of them in the area I grew up in.…
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Weir
The past couple of weeks I spent a great deal of time at the outflow of Marcil Lake, getting in some late season bird counts, and enjoying the wildlife, and the solitude. I always paused at this feature in the river, imagining the activity that teemed here a number of years ago. This, is a…
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How to photograph an Ermine. The importance of sleep.
It is blueberry season up here. The weather has been gorgeous. Those two statements together mean we have spent all of our evenings out picking blueberries, hands down one of Leah's favourite activities. Now, when I say we have been picking blueberries I'm stretching the truth a little, for I've done very little. I've birded…
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Exhale
From my favourite birding location here. Last night.
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Cool running
Not an iceberg, but some bergy bits for a bit of a photographic break.
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Fifteen years
Yesterday was a rough day in many ways. There was a tragic boating accident that unfolded here and we lost two members of our small community. Every death hits us hard, and this doubly so. But July 30th is always a day I rue, for personal reasons. For it is the anniversary of another death,…
