Of all the wild birds that grace our backyard feeders and chatter among the trees, none are as endearing as the Black-capped Chickadee. Friendly and gregarious, Chickadees make the winter's chill a little less biting. My favourite songbird by far, I long to hear them extolling their trademark chickadee dee dee tune each and every …
A Valentine for planet Earth
Earth needs our love! If you could send Earth a Valentine's Day card, what would you write? A poem, an essay, one word? For this Valentine's Day, tell planet Earth how much you love her! Click here to share your Valentine's Day wishes to the place we all call home, Earth!
Winter’s Icy Beauty
Ice glistening on a cold January morning.
Did somebirdie say ‘almond’?
Hand over the almond, now, or there will be blood!
Yellowstone plans to ship 600-900 bison to slaughter this winter — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by Brett French as published on The Independent Record Last year the combination of slaughter and hunting removed 1,171 bison from Yellowstone Last year the combination of slaughter and hunting removed 1,171 bison from Yellowstone. Of that total, 375 were killed by hunters — mostly tribal hunters — and 694 were sent to slaughter. The […] …
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The Winter Garden
Otter Lake, Seguin Township
Hello Beautiful
Mother nature sure knows how to usher in a new year with flare! Over the last two days, many of us in central Ontario - in the District of Parry Sound, have been treated to a glorious new year's with frosted snow covered trees, roads and lakes. Everything sparkles! Welcome 2019! So far, so beautiful!
Goodbye 2018
There's nothing good, bad or sad about another year passing, it's just a natural course of action for all living things. Time passes and, if we're lucky, we get glimpses into the future with each new day's arrival. For the next 365 days of 2019, I hope the global community can be brought closer together …
Pionus Parrot Perfection
Maximilian pionus (also known as Maximilian's pionus and the Scaly-headed parrot) are understated beauties. Their green, bronze and brown feathers shimmer in the light, the mauve/purple breast feathers are rare in the family Psittacidae, the striking white eye ring, and the brilliant red feathers on the underside of the tail make Maxis, in my opinion, …
The Northern Herper 
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