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So, how does one roast marshmallows in a place with no trees?
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Nauja
Here are a couple of photos from a visit to the Glaucous Gull colony yesterday…
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The bird not seen, seen
Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) are not really a nemesis bird of mine. That would be Sabine’s Gull. I have seen them (Wheatears that is I’ve never seen a Sabine’s Gull), in Greenland. But they are a bird that I’ve long thought I should see here, and never have. A local bird enthusiast told me when…
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Summertime – I and the Bird #78
It’s been hard to think about summer these last couple of weeks. Constant overcast skies, and drizzly foggy weather seemed permanently ensconced over much of the arctic. But the last couple of days have been cloudy free, today was a scorching 10 degrees or so. So it’s appropriate to turn to the latest edition of…
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Countdown to the night.
On the day of the year when most Northern Hemispherian's thoughts bounce around the longest day of the year, or the start of summer, mine are decidedly elsewhere. For today our eternal sun has reached it's apex, and is now descending towards night. To be sure it is a ways off, it will be another…
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My boy is back.
Travis is home. After nearly two weeks on the land; picking Goose eggs, fishing, hunting seal, eating flowers, hiking to waterfalls and watching birds. He's back a little early because of a bout of stomach flu, but he seems better and I don't mind his early return at all. I've missed my boy. Tomorrow we…
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Another book/iPod giveaway
While you're busy heading over to 10,000 Birds trying to win one of the ten copies of Smithsonian Guide to the Birds of North America or the iPod that they're giving away, you might as well head to Naturalist Notebook. Summer is also giving away a copy of the book and an iPod. And all…
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Three hikes
On Sunday evening I was looking wistfully out past King George V Mountain, sulking because of the grey cool weather that has been hanging around for a week or so. From time to time Environment Canada posts tantalizing promises of sun, later down the road, only to take them away as time draws closer. Low…
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Head south!
If you're tired of all of this northern hemisphere blogging, why not visit Birding in the Falkland Islands, a blog filled with great photos of fantastic southern bird species, and the occasional Southern Right and Sei Whales. Well worth the trip. I know John will recognize those birds. Sigh, time for another trip to the…
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Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds
I don't think it is possible to have too many Field Guides. It is almost the same as having too many tools, it just doesn't seem like there could be an theoretical limit. Harper Collins has just published an excellent new one, for those of us who like to get as many as possible, or…
