It’s easier than you think I promise…you have to remember there are common birds like Crows, Black Ducks, Herring Gulls, and Starlings in this list  🙂 So, apparently the winter…
December 1st – first day of the Winter Birding Season started with 3 lifers and the madness that is a Canada Goose flock
December 1st was a standout day of sunshine and good birding all over the province. I saw many reports of great birds today (naturally many for the Mountain Bluebird in…
a reason to visit Cape Breton (other than the Cabot Trail)
If the roads are travel worthy then take a drive to Sydney because the birding is great all year round. Donkin is a migratory point that is only about a…
something “different”
As a new birder, often that’s all that strikes me. They call it beginner’s luck in birding because it seems like you are always seeing new things but in my…
a week in New England…with no time to bird Sept/Oct 2015
I spent last week travelling through New Brunswick and New England (Maine, Connecticut, and Massachusetts). I had high hopes that I would be able to spend evenings birding when my…
Fall migration, bring it on!
We are in the midst of Fall migration time. Some are coming and some are going so there is a lot of bird activity right now. Many birders say this…
Hartlen Point, my bird dog, and my heart
I lost my old bird dog last week. Â I keep going to Hartlen Point looking for the piece of my heart that I lost. Â Nelson was 14 years old when…
Cape Sable Island Envy, twitching failures, bloopers, and the birds that wake the day
I am a new birder as you  may know. I got hooked just after New Year’s when I ventured up to Hartlen Point to see the Eurasian Kestrel and met…
Birding in Donkin Mines / Morien Bay July 30
I was lucky enough to find out about this Cape Breton hidden treasure from this website, and was far from disappointed.  Thank you to Allan and Cathy Murrant for this great…
Nevada birding with Je Anne July 20 (31 lifers in one day)
They say Vegas is a rich man’s town but if you’re a birder, all bets are off. This morning an amazing lady named Je Anne picked me up at my…