It is the day that everyone has been waiting for – the first fledge off the Fernow light tower at the Cornell Campus in Ithaca, New York. The winner of the honour was J2. J is the designation for the year, 2020. The camera began recording the activities at the nest in 2012. Knowing thatContinue reading “7:46, June 12. J2 fledges.”
Teaching nestlings the value of food
By the time the three Red-tail hawks have fledged off the light stand at Cornell University, many of you might well be tired of listening to my natterings about the good parenting of these amazing raptors. Every day there are new lessons or repeated ones for the eyasses so that they can live a fullContinue reading “Teaching nestlings the value of food”
The Js have grown up.
It has been nearly a month since I wrote my last blog. On May 6, I made the argument that a Red tail hawk named Big Red should be ‘Mother of the Year 2020.’ I am still entranced with the antics of Big Red, her mate Arthur, and their three eyasses (baby hawks) living onContinue reading “The Js have grown up.”
It’s Nearly Mother’s Day and I tip my hat to Big Red, a 17-year-old Red Tail Hawk for “Mother of the Year 2020”
If my mother were alive, I hope that she would understand why I am so adamant that a Raptor Formel should be nominated for Mother of the Year 2020. It was, after all, my mother who carried the duck my father had given me to my grandmother’s every day on her way to work. ThereContinue reading “It’s Nearly Mother’s Day and I tip my hat to Big Red, a 17-year-old Red Tail Hawk for “Mother of the Year 2020””
Columbia Basin Culture Tour
If you live near the Columbia Basin or you are travelling to British Columbia, and you will be there for August 10 and 11, you really need to check out the 70 artists that are in the 11th annual culture tour. Studios are open daily from 10-5, and there are maps, brochures, and postcards atContinue reading “Columbia Basin Culture Tour”
Canadian F1 Grand Prix Montreal
It is the one thing I cannot reconcile in my life – my worry over the environment and my love of F1 racing. Cars going around at unthought of speeds burning up litres and litres of petrol for entertainment seems ridiculous when we talk about climate change. And as much as I worry about theContinue reading “Canadian F1 Grand Prix Montreal”
Goodbye Grenada
Like every Canadian who takes a winter holiday in April, I had so hoped that spring would have arrived on the prairies. Apparently, it is the opposite. A big blizzard is whirling around intent on bringing lots of snow to about four million people. Fingers crossed that Winnipeg is on the edge and only getsContinue reading “Goodbye Grenada”
The Day of the Iguana
The Green Iguana is the largest of the lizards found in Grenada. Most of the time they live in the trees eating leaves, new shoots, and fruit. Sometimes they are seen walking on the ground and today we saw two. The large bright green one above as the featured image of this page and, later,Continue reading “The Day of the Iguana”
Dusk over Magazine Beach, Grenada, West Indies
It’s the end of another warm, beautiful day during the dry season in Grenada. It began with feeding the fish in the pond in the featured photo. The egrets and herons watch you very carefully and have learned that if tourists feed the fish they can get in the action and have a great bigContinue reading “Dusk over Magazine Beach, Grenada, West Indies”
Chillin’ Out in Grenada
Grenada is a small volcanic island in the southern Caribbean near Trinidad and Tobago. I have been travelling here to visit my son, Cristofre, and his wife, Tammy, for fourteen years. Many call it ‘paradise’. Sick and tired of a long Canadian winter with snow showers still falling and temperatures hovering around -2 Celsius, itContinue reading “Chillin’ Out in Grenada”