12 January 2024 Good Morning, Morning Update: R8 still hatching at Dade. R7 is a day old. Thanks for the great capture Heidi! We woke up to the softest white snow Saturday morning. It was -14 C, which is lovely—cool but not freezing. The sun was out, the sky was a pearl grey-white. We hadContinue reading “Sunday in Bird World”
Saturday in Bird World
11 January 2024 Good Morning Everyone, Oh, it is going to be an exciting weekend. Ron and Rose are getting ready to be parents again! Pip was called at the WRDC nest at 0835 and we have a hatch at 1016 Eastern. Heidi has the dates of the eggs so we will see if itContinue reading “Saturday in Bird World”
Friday in Bird World
10 February 2024 Hello Everyone, Missey wishes you the best day possible! Oh, it is a balmy day on the Canadian Prairies. -1 C. The sky is a clear blue with no clouds and the sun is so bright it is blinding. Gosh. Feeling like summer. Just kidding, but after -28 C with winds, itContinue reading “Friday in Bird World”
Thursday in Bird World
9 January 2024 Good Morning Everyone, Wow. -14 C on Wednesday in Winnipeg. What a great mid-week temperature. The bird feeders were busy! We see the Crows flying in the distance, and the Starlings made certain that the big table feeder had sufficient cat kibble by coming up to the garden door and pounding awayContinue reading “Thursday in Bird World”
Wednesday in Bird World
8 January 2024 Hello Everyone, It’s the middle of the week. The temperatures are warming up a bit on the Canadian Prairie, and we hope to get outside for a short walk on Thursday before they start to drop again! After the spotting of a deer in the garden last night, along with a rabbitContinue reading “Wednesday in Bird World”
Tuesday in Bird World
7 January 2024 Good Morning Everyone, We hope that you are having a good start to the week. It is a white-grey sky day in Winnipeg. I can see the little birds puffed up, trying to stay warm in the lilac bushes. What you can see in the winter is incredible, hidden by all theContinue reading “Tuesday in Bird World”
SE33 is dead…Monday in Bird World
6 January 2024 Good Morning Everyone! Very sad news has come forward late Sunday. I have decided to publish this posting tonight and not Monday morning. I know that each of you will feel as gutted as I do now. Dear SE33 is the first raptor on the Memorial Wall for 2025. It breaks myContinue reading “SE33 is dead…Monday in Bird World”
Sunday in Bird World
5 January 2024 Good Morning Everyone, Another -22 C with bright sunshine. Cold. Cold. We spent the day being ultra-busy securing a month’s worth of cat food for the indoor and outdoor felines and fresh fruit and veg for us. The birdseed arrived on Friday. After checking and seeing six deer in the forest, weContinue reading “Sunday in Bird World”
Saturday in Bird World
4 January 2024 Hello Everyone, Oh, gosh, it was cold on the Canadian Prairies on Friday. -22 C. My legs were freezing. Thank goodness I am short. It means those coats that fall below the knee hit my ankle! A bit of a wind, too, made your cheeks feel like they would fall off. Still,Continue reading “Saturday in Bird World”
Friday in Bird World
3 January 2024 Good Morning Everyone, It’s a new year! ‘The Girls’ have been up to lots of mischief and they have given us much fun and some very loving moments as one year ends and another begins. Who would have thought? Hugo Yugo has taken to washing Calico! Notice that HY does a greatContinue reading “Friday in Bird World”