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22.11.2024

Why I Got Rid Of My Lawn - Travels With Birds

I posted this way back in 2013, but it's worth airing a second time. Imagine the conversation The Creator might have had with St. Fra...

Travels With Birds

21.11.2024

The Friendly Confines of Laurel Creek Conservation Area - Travels With Birds

12 November, 2024 "Natural history is our prayer and our celebration, our sacrament and our unkempt affection, our most single-minded exam...

Travels With Birds

15.11.2024

Book Review - 40 Years of Evolution: Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island, New Addition - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

It was back in 2005 (is that really 19 years ago?) that I acquired my own copy of Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches and was, ...

Travels With Birds

13.11.2024

Laurel Creek and The Kissing Bridge Trail - Travels With Birds

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) administers various parks around our area, and we always enjoy visiting them. Thi...

Travels With Birds

11.11.2024

Book Review - The Princeton Field Guide to Predatory Dinosaurs - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

A new book by the distinguished and sometimes controversial Gregory S. Paul is a cause for celebration, and I looked forward to getti...

Travels With Birds

08.11.2024

Book Review - Birds of the Mesozoic - Princeton Field Guides - Travels With Birds

On the face of it, it seems quite improbable, extraordinary even, that I could be looking at a field guide of birds that no human has...

Travels With Birds

07.11.2024

Book Review - Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We Know - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

David Hone may be familiar to many as the author of several books on ancient life, and by way of his You Tube videos, which enliven a...

Travels With Birds

03.11.2024

To See a Saw-whet Owl....... - Travels With Birds

The Scale of Adorability is hardly a recognized measure in the world of ornithology, but if it were, Northern Saw-whet Owl ( Aegolius...

Travels With Birds

02.11.2024

Book Review - The Beekeeper's Guide: Building Skills and Knowledge - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Four eminent beekeepers, two British and two American, have combined their talent and experience to create a formidable manual...

Travels With Birds

31.10.2024

Book Review - Color in Nature - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Such a fascinating topic and so well covered! If ever there was a book where the illustrations truly complement the text, this is it!...

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28.10.2024

Waterloo Region Nature Outing to the Mill Race, St. Jacobs, ON - Travels With Birds

26 October, 2024 Leader: David M. Gascoigne Members: Miriam Bauman, Y-T Chen, Beverly Church, Bob Fraser, Brenda Gyorffy, Steve Gyorffy, L...

Travels With Birds

27.10.2024

Book Review - The Little Book of Weather - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I remember well the first book that I ever consulted to try to understand weather more completely. It was Weather and Bird Behaviour ...

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25.10.2024

Book Review - The Little Book of Dinosaurs - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Most children have a fascination with dinosaurs, and even into adulthood the fascination does not quite go away. In recent years movi...

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23.10.2024

The Little Book of Whales - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Most people in the world will never see a whale, yet are fascinated by them, and even knowing nothing about them, are in favour of th...

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21.10.2024

Book Review - Bird Photographer of the Year - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I have been looking forward to the ninth edition of Bird Photographer of the Year , as have many of you I suspect, birder and photogr...

Travels With Birds

17.10.2024

An Assortment of Recent Sightings - Travels With Birds

Large Milkweed Bug Every year our prolific Butterfly Milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) serves as host for a robust population of Large M...

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17.10.2024

Book Review - The Little Book of Fungi - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I was considerably impressed with the first four books in the "Little Book" series, so I was delighted to receive the latest offering...

Travels With Birds

13.10.2024

Book Review - The Gull Guide: North America - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

There are those who view studying gulls as a unique form of self-inflicted punishment, exceeding by a wide margin any torture devised...

Travels With Birds

10.10.2024

A Day at The Pinery, Lambton Shores, ON - Travels With Birds

26 September, 2024 Having already visited locations on Lakes Ontario and Erie this year, we decided to spend the day at The Pinery, ...

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06.10.2024

Book Review - The Honey Trap - Sutherland House - Travels With Birds

Dana Church has written a fine book dealing with the well-intentioned but intellectually naive wishes of people concerned with enviro...

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01.10.2024

Book Review - The Cicadas of North America - Owlfly Publishing - Travels With Birds

It is a distinct pleasure for me to review this book, a magnum opus by any standard, with a firm emphasis on magnum. This is th...

Travels With Birds

29.09.2024

WRN Outing to North Shore of Lake Ontario - 21 September, 2024 - Travels With Birds

Leader: David M. Gascoigne Members: Miriam Bauman, Dave Collins, Mary Collins, Lisa Den Besten, Heather DeYoe, Helen Fowler, Steve Gyorffy...

Travels With Birds

27.09.2024

Book Review - Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

It is not so many years ago that animals were regarded as distinct from humans, lacking in emotion or even capable of experiencin...

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25.09.2024

Book Review - Dragonflies of North America - Princeton Field Guides - Travels With Birds

I doubt that anyone would take issue when I state that the field guides produced by Princeton University Press, now over several deca...

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22.09.2024

Columbia Lake, 02 September, 2024 - Travels With Birds

A Great Golden Digger Wasp ( Sphex ichneumoneus ) is a fine discovery on any walk. Even those among you who have an aversion to ...

Travels With Birds

18.09.2024

Hillside Park, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

"If we don't pay attention to nature's smallest creatures.....and to the role of the tiniest living things in providing for the rest of us, ...

Travels With Birds

14.09.2024

Miscellaneous Visitors at Home - Travels With Birds

".....natural history helps make us better people, by fostering humility and awe, and offers the capacity to build better human societies, o...

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11.09.2024

MacGregor Point Provincial Park, 28 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

"If we love our children, we must love our earth with tender care and pass it on, diverse and beautiful, so that people, on a warm spr...

Travels With Birds

08.09.2024

European Robin and American Robin - Travels With Birds

There have been several blog posts and numerous comments recently indicating a level of confusion between European Robin and America...

Travels With Birds

05.09.2024

Algonquin Provincial Park, 14 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." John Muir Spring Lakes Resort, Dwight, ON It was a beautiful A...

Travels With Birds

01.09.2024

Algonquin Provincial Park, 13 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

We are not big on celebrating birthdays, anniversaries etc, but our twentieth wedding anniversary was a good reason to spend a couple o...

Travels With Birds

29.08.2024

A Remarkable Sighting on 10 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

My daughter, Caroline, was visiting for a few days and we went out each day to spend time in nature. It's the juice that flows through ...

Travels With Birds

25.08.2024

Waterloo Region Nature Outing to West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell, ON, 17 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

As far as I know, this was the first ever WRN outing to this location and there was great enthusiasm for it. Leader: David M. Gascoig...

Travels With Birds

24.08.2024

Book Review - Birds of Greater Southern Africa - Princeton Field Guides - Travels With Birds

An important part of the library of any naturalist is a series of field guides, essential tools for a complete understanding of differe...

Travels With Birds

22.08.2024

Back to Columbia Lake - Travels With Birds

31 July, 2024 So close! So beautiful! So filled with nature! Who can resist going back often? Not us, to be sure. Generally,...

Travels With Birds

18.08.2024

Columbia Lake, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

25 July, 2024 Columbia Lake is mere minutes from home and always worth a visit. An Eastern Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannus ) was t...

Travels With Birds

14.08.2024

Hillside Park, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

19 July, 2024 We decided to go for a stroll in Hillside Park after dinner, specifically hoping to see Ebony Jewelwing ( Calopteryx macu...

Travels With Birds

11.08.2024

Book Review - Dogpedia - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

A new title in the "Pedia" series from Princeton University Press is a cause for great celebration, and it was in this spirit that I ...

Travels With Birds

07.08.2024

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) - Travels With Birds

Recently my good friend Marit , a Norwegian gardener extraordinaire, commented that she took great delight in the beauty of a Monarc...

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02.08.2024

Conestogo Lake Conservation Area, Glen Allan, ON - Travels With Birds

18 July, 2024 Just before turning onto the road to the Conservation Area we noticed an Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) nest. The ev...

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Why I Got Rid Of My Lawn - Travels With Birds

The Friendly Confines of Laurel Creek Conservation Area - Travels With Birds

Book Review - 40 Years of Evolution: Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island, New Addition - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Laurel Creek and The Kissing Bridge Trail - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Princeton Field Guide to Predatory Dinosaurs - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Birds of the Mesozoic - Princeton Field Guides - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We Know - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

To See a Saw-whet Owl....... - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Beekeeper's Guide: Building Skills and Knowledge - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Color in Nature - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Waterloo Region Nature Outing to the Mill Race, St. Jacobs, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Little Book of Weather - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Little Book of Dinosaurs - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

The Little Book of Whales - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Bird Photographer of the Year - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

An Assortment of Recent Sightings - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Little Book of Fungi - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Gull Guide: North America - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

A Day at The Pinery, Lambton Shores, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Honey Trap - Sutherland House - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Cicadas of North America - Owlfly Publishing - Travels With Birds

WRN Outing to North Shore of Lake Ontario - 21 September, 2024 - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Dragonflies of North America - Princeton Field Guides - Travels With Birds

Columbia Lake, 02 September, 2024 - Travels With Birds

Hillside Park, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

Miscellaneous Visitors at Home - Travels With Birds

MacGregor Point Provincial Park, 28 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

European Robin and American Robin - Travels With Birds

Algonquin Provincial Park, 14 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

Algonquin Provincial Park, 13 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

A Remarkable Sighting on 10 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

Waterloo Region Nature Outing to West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell, ON, 17 August, 2024 - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Birds of Greater Southern Africa - Princeton Field Guides - Travels With Birds

Back to Columbia Lake - Travels With Birds

Columbia Lake, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

Hillside Park, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Dogpedia - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) - Travels With Birds

Conestogo Lake Conservation Area, Glen Allan, ON - Travels With Birds

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