Gather that grass, then fly the wrong way as a decoy. Then fly, fly, fly! Don’t delay. It’s nesting time. Quick, get at ‘er. ~ With thanks to the starlings.
It’s That Time of the Year, Hurry Hurry Hurry
You Don’t Hunt for Mice at Ground Level
Hawk has its tree. Cat has his stump. And that’s that.
March is a Time of Passage, Not a Season
March is neither winter nor spring. Its weather is not its own. Anything can happen this month, and usually does. It’s best to call it an empty space that other seasons pass […]
How Shyness Changes the World
Some hawks tolerate being watched. Some don’t. It’s an example of how observation changes the observed world. I mean, how much of hunting behaviour is dependent upon being undisturbed at rest, or […]
Robin Meets a Landscaping Mistake And Makes the Best of It, Gasp
So, plucking the haws, that’s the easy part. But they’re freaking ornamental haws, right, and they have weird stem bits. And even without stem things they’re too, gasp, cough cough, wheeze, big. […]
19 Below Last Night But Spring Comes to the Okanagan
Siya? is budding out now. Poplar has put winter behind her. We are looking into the distance now. Together. Together! We are on the move!
Birds of Many Species Flocking Together
Today, the winter’s birds decided to celebrate the sun in the same trees and the same hill at the same time. There were thousands. The waxwings kept to themselves, the hawk wanted […]
Poplar Taking Flight
It’s a great day to be a bohemian waxwing! (But walking among them is pretty fine, too.)
Northern Shrike Goes to the Tropics
We’ve had a visitor for a couple weeks now, a northern shrike from the high plateau. It’s very inquisitive, yet shy. No way am I going to get closer than 70 metres. […]
Who Rules the Skies?
The hawks don’t even have to ask. Just Another Day of Irony In Canada
