Author - Elaine and Don Cassidy

Elaine and Don Cassidy

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Taking a Tern on the Dance Floor

While fly fishing from a float tube in the early 1990s on East Dollar Lake, located north of Valleyview, Alberta, I was fortunate enough to witness two...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

The Big & The Beautiful

May canoe paddle of Long Bay, a popular part of Cold Lake, provided an opportunity to enjoy the company of waterfowl. With my entry-level Canon Rebel paired...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

Donald! Is There a Dearth of Ducks?

eeing a number of bird and wildfowl species, but we noticed that “Daffy Duck”, seemed remarkably absent in quantity. We’d find most of the two dozen Alberta...

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BALD ON THE BOW

One City of Calgary Park that provides excellent opportunities for nature lovers is Carburn Park, located in the Riverbend community, nestled between the...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

A Feathered Romance

When I hear the word “harlequin”, two memories come immediately to mind. The first is looking at the massive Harlequin Romance novel collection, lovingly owned...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

It’s All in the Name

Although owls are a main attraction for bird watchers, raptors and accipiters are also admired. Falcons, hawks and eagles are feared by many other species...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

It’s All in the Name

With the whispers of winter reaching across Alberta the last while, the bird watcher, feeling somewhat melancholy with the fall migration history, does have...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

Is That You Jon Snow?

As the days of early December seem to fly by, the nights are long and thankfully not filled with terror. In the past number of weeks Corvus corax has returned...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

Tails of the Unexpected

With the arrival of a marvelous snowfall and cold temperatures almost three weeks ago, our bird watching efforts were limited to looking out of the windows...


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