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The Unforgettable Music of the Mockingbird

February 3, 2023January 27, 2023 by Don Enright

Mockingbirds are composers of complex, beautiful songs.

Categories Bird Science Tags birdsong, mockingbird 10 Comments

Sparrows in Drag: A Tribute to the Towhees

December 21, 2022December 17, 2022 by Don Enright

Meet the towhees: colourful, melodious, beautiful.

Categories Bird Science Tags towhee 1 Comment

The Love of Hooded Mergansers

December 17, 2022December 3, 2022 by Don Enright
hooded merganser

A close encounter with the most photogenic ducks on the pond.

Categories Bird Science 1 Comment

Why are chickadees so tame?

March 13, 2023November 24, 2022 by Don Enright
chestnut-backed chickadee

It’s all about brains, hunger, and chickadee politics.

Categories Bird Science Tags behaviour, chickadee, edpix, intelligence, tameness 4 Comments

Birds don’t pee. But what they do is pretty cool.

January 12, 2023November 19, 2022 by Don Enright

Everything you never wanted to know about bird droppings.

Categories Bird Science Tags digestion, edpix, metabolism, nitrogen, pee 3 Comments

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Seagulls

March 13, 2023November 4, 2022 by Don Enright

Your one-stop, tell-all guide to seagull behaviour.

Categories Bird Science Tags behaviour, gulls, seagulls 7 Comments

The Beauty of Black Oystercatchers

November 11, 2022November 3, 2022 by Don Enright
black oystercatcher standing in profile

These beautiful creatures are the drama queens of the coast.

Categories Bird Science Tags black oystercatcher 10 Comments

The Canada Goose Problem

March 1, 2023October 30, 2022 by Don Enright
baby Canada goose

Get the FAQ on those nasty, poopy, amazing Canada geese.

Categories Bird Science Leave a comment

Hummingbirds of Spring

October 30, 2022October 28, 2022 by Don Enright
female rufous hummingbird on branch

Rufous hummingbirds are tougher (and smarter) than they look.

Categories Bird Science Tags rufous hummingbird, salmonberry, spring Leave a comment

Sex and the Single Chickadee

November 20, 2022October 27, 2022 by Don Enright

Think twice before projecting family values on wild creatures.

Categories Bird Science Tags chickadee, egg dumping, sex, swallow, towhee Leave a comment
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    Galah's may just be my favourite bird in the world. Apparently galah is also Australian slang for someone foolish, if…

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    What a wonderful piece of storytelling so well articulated. The photos are beautiful…we have not seen many snowy owls in…

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    In Redondo Beach there was a HUGE Queen Palm tree across the street that hosted dozens of feral green parrots…

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