god gives the victory

I haven’t posted on here for quite awhile. Our winter has been very busy. My father was in hospital for 6 weeks before passing away on February 25th. And since then, we have had to deal with COVID-19 affecting our activities. We are still well and are able to go out for walks, but I […]

Vulpes Vulpes – Red Fox

This morning, I had the treat of seeing a beautiful red fox in our back yard. It spent some time looking for food, and gave me a chance to take some photos. It was aware of me standing at the window, but didn’t seem very afraid. Red foxes have excellent eyesight, a keen sense of […]

Northern saw-whet owl

Our neighbour let us know that there was a northern saw-whet owl in a tree by his house. He had seen the smaller birds acting agitated, so he went out to see what was going on. I would never have seen it in the tree without him pointing it out to me. At first I […]

Trumpeter swan

Yesterday, I saw a lone trumpeter swan on our lake. It wasn’t until I looked at the pictures on my computer that I realized that this swan was banded. It had large yellow tags on each wing. When I looked this up, I was directed to https://www.trumpeterswansociety.org where I was able to read about the […]