Author - Elaine and Don Cassidy

Although bird watchers have a general tendency to look upward to spot birds during the “leafy” months of the season, both eye level and ground level habitats...

May can be an amazing month. Tulips are up. Eager gardeners are preparing flower beds. Checking to see if the lawnmower works for another season is on many...

Appearing awkward during takeoff and landing, uttering guttural sounds infrequently and certainly unique in appearance, Alberta’s most common heron species...

On a recent birding adventure to Griffith Woods Park, Elaine and I were pleasantly surprised. While taking photos of a Northern Rough-winged Swallow, there was...

During Seniors’ Week, Elaine and I had the opportunity to join Doreen Masran in hosting a presentation for interested seniors on the birds and other wildlife...

Learning to identify sandpipers amongst the myriad of shorebirds that visit Alberta is a daunting task, requiring field observation, doing some background...

ago, describing how cycling can be incorporated into bird watching. This past month or so I’ve been dedicated to planning cycling routes into Calgary using the...

Although there are close to 400,000 bird watchers in Alberta, with over 438 bird species to observe and photograph, if one is inclined to do so, first views of...

The month of May not only brings NHL playoffs, but also inspires many a birder, upon hearing the single word – “warbler”. These brilliantly colored...