The world as I see it
I came across this duck sitting on a fly-fishing practice ring when I was down at the river looking for my osprey. Alas, I think the osprey have abandoned the nest. I haven't seen any activity at the nest for the past week. I don't know what happened but it makes me sad. But the …
A couple of evenings ago I was sitting in my living room and kept hearing noises in my back yard. It sounded like birds hitting the window but I didn't see any dead birds lying around. After a little while I went out to see what was going on. My neighbors' little boys were playing …
On our second full day in Alberta, our plan was to drive to Jasper and spend the night there. It is a long drive from where we were staying in Canmore to Jasper (312km) so we thought we’d stop in Louise and go canoeing on the lake to break up the drive and get a …
For various reasons, I have not been down to visit Scarlett and Rhett at the osprey next for a while. I had hoped they were incubating eggs, but now I'm not so sure. When I got to the nesting area, Scarlett was sitting on the post near the nest eating something. It was probably a …
There are only two ways to get to the top of Sulphur Mountain in Banff, Alberta, Canada. You can take an 8 minute gondola ride and travel the 2150 feet to the top or you can hike the 5.5 km (3.4 miles) to the top (all of it uphill). I recently returned from my fourth …
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