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14.09.2025

The Sixty, Maberly, ON - Travels With Birds

After several years of searching, my daughter, Caroline, and son-in-law, Andrew, finally found a rural property to their liking, in Mab...

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12.09.2025

Benjamin Park, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

03 August, 2025 This park is a mere five minutes from our front door, so we often visit for an hour or two. It is a long narrow park,...

Travels With Birds

10.09.2025

Book Review - Europe's Alpine Flowers: A Field Guide - Princeton University Press WILDGuides - Travels With Birds

As best I can tell, 48 titles have been published in the Wild Guides series of books, dating back to 2013; their unifying feature is ...

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06.09.2025

Bridgeport Community Trail/Schaeffer Park, Kitchener, ON - Travels With Birds

30 July, 2025 A Summer Azure ( Celestrina neglecta ) came to meet us, and we appreciated the gesture very much. Not to be outdon...

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04.09.2025

Book Review - The Florida Scrub Jay: Demography of a Cooperative-Breeding Bird - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

This book was published in 1984, and forty-one years later, it remains the gold standard for works of this nature. It is the twentiet...

Travels With Birds

02.09.2025

Book Review - A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I was amused when I saw that Steven Poe had used as the epigraph to Chapter 3, the wise words of David Hillis, who defined anoles as,...

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02.09.2025

The Mill Race, St. Jacobs, ON - Travels With Birds

28 July, 2020 It was a hot day; an American Robin ( Turdus migratorius ) was drying off after a cool bath. A female Rose-breaste...

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28.08.2025

Book Review - Butterflies of the World: A Guide to Every Subfamily - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

The cover alone is enough to lure you to this book! When it's followed up with the contribution of two powerhouse entomologists, you ...

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25.08.2025

Health Valley Trail, St. Jacobs, ON - Travels With Birds

21 July, 2025 I am not sure whether this female Brown-headed Cowbird ( Molothrus ater ) turned her back in disdain, or wanted to show...

Travels With Birds

25.08.2025

Book Review - Insect Architecture: How Insects Build, Engineer and Shape Their World - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Give a moment's thought, if you will, to the planning and execution of a 21st Century building. Design, engineering, finance, constr...

Travels With Birds

25.08.2025

Book Review - Horses: A 4,000-Year Genetic Journey Across the World - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I have just finished reading a quite remarkable book. It deals with science, yet it has elements of a mystery novel, an adventure sto...

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25.08.2025

A Pleasant July Meander - Travels With Birds

20 July, 2020 Bridgeport Community Trail/Schaeffer Park The Grand River (it really is grand) meandered along and we meandered with it. ...

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25.08.2025

Book Review - Following the Bend: How to Read a River and Understand Its Nature - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I have been a fluviophile for as long as I can remember, going back to the earliest recollections of childhood when walking along the...

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12.08.2025

More Backyard Delights - Travels With Birds

03 June, 2025 The second of our Polyphemus Moths ( Antheraea polyphemus ) made its debut on the world stage as an adult, and we were ...

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10.08.2025

Book Review - Dragonflies and Damselflies of the World: A Guide to Their Diversity - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

It was a distinct pleasure to receive a new volume on dragonflies and damselflies from Princeton University Press, authored by the re...

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08.08.2025

Life Abounds in a Suburban Backyard in Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

Perhaps many readers of my blog might be surprised at the diversity of life that may be found in a suburban backyard. Here are just a f...

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08.08.2025

Columbia Lake, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

19 July, 2025 Columbia Lake is close to home and is a favourite spot for a walk, especially when we don't have a lot of time. An hour...

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02.08.2025

Book Review - Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I am always very pleased to receive another title in the "pedia" collection. The books themselves are a visual delight, made of genu...

Travels With Birds

29.07.2025

Book Review -Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts of the World: A Guide to Every Order: Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I am sure that I can state without fear of contradiction that few naturalists, including the most resolute and dedicated among us, po...

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29.07.2025

SpruceHaven, St. Agatha, ON - Travels With Birds

The more I study nature, the more I become impressed with ever-increasing force, that the contrivances and beautiful adaptations slowly ac...

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29.07.2025

The Mill Race, St. Jacobs, ON - Travels With Birds

08 July, 2025 Some of you may be shocked that this is my second account of our walks without a single picture of a bird. Generally, a...

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29.07.2025

Book Review - Birds of the Tropical Andes - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

This large format book comes as close to sensory overload as one might imagine. The pictures are simply that good! You are as close t...

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16.07.2025

Hidden Valley, Burlington, ON - Travels With Birds

03 July, 2025 Miriam had business to deal with in Burlington, so we packed a lunch to make a day of it. Initially we had planned t...

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13.07.2025

Book Review - Insects: Successful Models of Evolution, Fascinating and Threatened - Springer - Travels With Birds

Every single species of the animal kingdom challenges all......the mysteries of life. Karl Von Frisch This is a book for everyone, e...

Travels With Birds

11.07.2025

Book Review - Wildlife of the Eastern Caribbean - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

I admit to being ignorant of the authors of this book until now, (I assume they are a husband and wife team), but they have impressed...

Travels With Birds

09.07.2025

The Girl in the Pink Hat - Travels With Birds

Some of you will no doubt recall a post some time ago ( here ) when a charming little girl in a pink hat captivated me, and I suspect...

Travels With Birds

07.07.2025

Book Review - Trees of Britain and Ireland - Princeton University Press (WILDGuides) - Travels With Birds

As the daily news continues to remind us that we have already entered an era of global warming, and some retrograde governments aroun...

Travels With Birds

04.07.2025

Grass Lake and F.W.R. Dickson Wilderness Area - Travels With Birds

08 June, 2025 Grass Lake, Cambridge, ON We were delighted to have Victoria join us for a pleasant excursion to search for some of the s...

Travels With Birds

01.07.2025

HAPPY CANADA DAY - Travels With Birds

OUR TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE VIVE LE CANADA

Travels With Birds

25.06.2025

Book Review - Beepedia: A Brief Compendium of Bee Curiosities - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Much has been written in the popular press of late about the decline of bees and the implications for humans and our food supply. Yes...

Travels With Birds

21.06.2025

Grass Lake and F.W.R. Dickson Wilderness Area - Travels With Birds

I am a fundamentally curious person, and it's never hard finding subjects of interest; the challenge lies in narrowing them down. Thor Hanso...

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18.06.2025

Book Review - Bodypedia: A Brief Compendium of Human Anatomical Curiosities - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

This is the latest in a series of 'pedia' books, all of which have been delightful. The person who came up with the idea for this se...

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15.06.2025

Canadian National Wildfowl Carving Championship 2025 - Travels With Birds

07 June, 2025 I was once again privileged to be a judge in the annual wildfowl carving show; an eminently enjoyable assignment. Th...

Travels With Birds

11.06.2025

A Couple More Visits to the Health Valley Trail - VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED!! - Travels With Birds

12 May, 2025 The distinctive song of the Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus ) is a constant feature of Ontario wetlands, and ...

Travels With Birds

09.06.2025

Book Review - The Lives of Frogs: A Natural History - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Those of you who follow my blog regularly will know that I am an unabashed fan of The Lives of..... series of books published by Pri...

Travels With Birds

05.06.2025

A Walk for Waterloo Public Library and a Visit to the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery - Travels With Birds

31 May, 2025 I was delighted when I was asked by Waterloo Public Library to lead a birding walk through Waterloo Park, culminating with...

Travels With Birds

02.06.2025

Health Valley Trail, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

28 April, 2025 We have been visiting this trail which runs from Waterloo to St. Jacobs, a distance of about 5km quite frequently of l...

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30.05.2025

Book Review - Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal About Coral Survival - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

As though we needed one more canary in the coalmine to alert us to the damage we have inflicted on the environment, the death of cora...

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27.05.2025

Three Walks at the End of April - Travels With Birds

23 April, 2025 The Mill Race, St. Jacobs, ON Depending on the scope of your imagination faces may be seen in this old tree. It's s...

Travels With Birds

23.05.2025

Columbia Lake, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

20 May, 2025 On a beautiful sunny afternoon I decided that a visit to Columbia Lake was just what I needed, not having been there for s...

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The Sixty, Maberly, ON - Travels With Birds

Benjamin Park, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Europe's Alpine Flowers: A Field Guide - Princeton University Press WILDGuides - Travels With Birds

Bridgeport Community Trail/Schaeffer Park, Kitchener, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Florida Scrub Jay: Demography of a Cooperative-Breeding Bird - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review - A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

The Mill Race, St. Jacobs, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Butterflies of the World: A Guide to Every Subfamily - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Health Valley Trail, St. Jacobs, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Insect Architecture: How Insects Build, Engineer and Shape Their World - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Horses: A 4,000-Year Genetic Journey Across the World - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

A Pleasant July Meander - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Following the Bend: How to Read a River and Understand Its Nature - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

More Backyard Delights - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Dragonflies and Damselflies of the World: A Guide to Their Diversity - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Life Abounds in a Suburban Backyard in Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

Columbia Lake, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Book Review -Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts of the World: A Guide to Every Order: Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

SpruceHaven, St. Agatha, ON - Travels With Birds

The Mill Race, St. Jacobs, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Birds of the Tropical Andes - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Hidden Valley, Burlington, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Insects: Successful Models of Evolution, Fascinating and Threatened - Springer - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Wildlife of the Eastern Caribbean - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

The Girl in the Pink Hat - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Trees of Britain and Ireland - Princeton University Press (WILDGuides) - Travels With Birds

Grass Lake and F.W.R. Dickson Wilderness Area - Travels With Birds

HAPPY CANADA DAY - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Beepedia: A Brief Compendium of Bee Curiosities - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Grass Lake and F.W.R. Dickson Wilderness Area - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Bodypedia: A Brief Compendium of Human Anatomical Curiosities - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Canadian National Wildfowl Carving Championship 2025 - Travels With Birds

A Couple More Visits to the Health Valley Trail - VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED!! - Travels With Birds

Book Review - The Lives of Frogs: A Natural History - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

A Walk for Waterloo Public Library and a Visit to the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery - Travels With Birds

Health Valley Trail, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

Book Review - Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal About Coral Survival - Princeton University Press - Travels With Birds

Three Walks at the End of April - Travels With Birds

Columbia Lake, Waterloo, ON - Travels With Birds

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