Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! The best way to ensure wildlife survival? Take action. Little steps can make a difference:
• make a regular donation to a conservation group
• volunteer in a conservation organization
• write letters/sign petitions to let gov’t know how you feel.
#Wildlife #Conservation
The #MugOfTheMonth:
Part of a 2-part gift I received for Christmas. The macaw illustration is by #EdwardLear. A well-respected naturalist & natural history artist. He has the distinction of having a #macaw in South America named after him. The book features his illustrations.
#LearsMacaw
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Happy #InternationalCribbageDay! It’s a day for celebrating the card game that has you moving pegs around a board in a race to 121 (& trying to avoid being skunked!
Even more fun if you have a #crib board with carving on it or shaped like a canoe… like those featured here. #Cribbage #CribbageDay
Happy #SuperbOwlDay! #BarredOwls #GreatHornedOwl #Owls
Looking for a #SummerCamp For your kids? Now is the time to register – and here are some options across Canada you might want to try.
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Today is #BirdFeedingDay!
Also the start of #NationalBirdFeedingMonth. I’ve been part of #ProjectFeederwatch for 10 years. I’ve counted over 30 #bird species in our #Vancouver yard & recorded them through #BirdsCanada & #CornellLabofOrnithology.
The birds featured here are just a few of them.
Today is #WorldWetlandsDay.
#Wetlands are not just swamps, something yucky to be ignored or drained. Healthy wetlands actually help prevent flooding, act as filters so that we can have clean drinking water & provide habitat for a wide variety of animals.
#Wetlands #WorldWetlandsDay #Ducks #Birds
Oceans provide essential ecosystem services to human society, yet the climate impacts on blue capital have long been ignored. A study in Nature Climate Change shows that accounting for the potential damage would almost double the social cost of carbon estimation. go.nature.com/4riGn6w 🌊 🧪
Is it possible to be invisible? Some animals have a clear answer. https://www.snexplores.org/article/how-person-animal-be-invisible
It’s #TreeTomeTuesday. This week’s book is about the #borealforest - its importance to our planet, how it’s disappearing, & possible solutions to the dilemma. The author is the founder/director of #BlackMountainsCollege, which teaches skills for mitigating & adapting to climate change.
#TheTreeLine
Happy #SquirrelAppreciationDay! Whether you want them in your yard or not, at some point they’ll be there! 🐿🤷♂️
#Squirrels #CheekySquirrels #FriskySquirrels
It’s #TreeTomeTuesday.
Just one chapter in. Written by a professional forester who has a different concept of how we should be doing #forestry. He’s against many current forestry practices, but doesn’t think we just completely leave forests alone, either. Some interesting ideas. #BooksAboutTrees
Thanks to elaborate coordination between muscle and breath, woodpeckers can hammer at a perfectly consistent rate for an extended period of time. https://www.snexplores.org/article/woodpeckers-grunt-when-peck
Today is #InternationalHotAndSpicyFood Day.
There are many really good hot & spicy foods in various cuisines around the world: Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian, East Indian, Mexican, Morrocan…the list goes on. Treat yourself a new hot and spicy dish today. #HotAndSpicy #InternationalCuisine
Today is #NationalBirdDay! The 4 birds featured here – Steller’s jay, downy woodpecker, Anna’s hummingbird, & red breasted nuthatch – were just 4 of the species I saw while doing my bird count for #ProjectFeederwatch today.
You can learn more about this citizen science project at www.birdscanada.org
Today is #NationalWildlifeDay.
A day to focus on the ongoing efforts to conserve endangered wild animals: birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, marine mammals, insects.
I took the images featured here in #BC, #Alberta, & %Ontario.
#GrizzlyBear #MerlinFalcon #Moose #CommonLoon
#NationalWildlifeDay2025
Happy #NationalAviationDay.
Celebrate being able to “make like a bird” - in #planes, #helicopters, & gliders. Do you remember your first flight? Mine was in a bush plane in Northern Ontario.
#biplanes #bushplanes #propplanes #jets #helicopters
#AviationDay #NationalAviationDay2025 #Aviation
Happy #NationalAcadianDay!
A day when #Acadians celebrate their heritage and history. I’ve travelled through various parts of #Acadia in both #NB & #NS. Photos here including #Edmunston, #GrandFalls, & #NovaScotia’s #AcadianVillage. #AcadianDay2025 #AcadianVillage #NewBrunswick
Another interesting collection of writing about trees, forests, and their importance to the world.
#TreeTomeTuesday #TreeTomeTuesdays #TreeTome #TreeTomes #BooksAboutTrees #TreeBooks #LanguageOfTrees
Happy #NationalLighthouseDay! Mark the day by visiting a local #lighthouse or getting involved with a group trying to preserve a lighthouse as a #HistoricSite. Featured here: pix of #lighthouses in #Newfoundland #Quebec #NewBrunswick & #NovaScotia
Arrived in yesterday‘s mail: my certificate for finishing second overall in the “Other Feature“ category of the #POMAC #awards.
Ran in the Nov-Dec issue of #CanadianWildlife mag.
#Award #POMACAwards #CanadianWildlifeFederation #CWF #CWFMagazine #ProfessionalOutdoorMediaAssociationOfCanada
Today is #WorldRangerDay: a day to celebrate #parkrangers, #forestrangers, #bushrangers, or whatever you want to call them, worldwide, whether in #Africa, #Asia, or #NorthAmerica. Their jobs range from guiding tourists to stopping poachers. #RangerDay #Rangers #KahuziBiega
#Borneo #Algonquin
Driving the #Irishloop in #Newfoundland’s #Avalon peninsula. #Birding #Hiking #Golfing #History #Archaeology #Paleontology
Happy #WorldNatureConservation!
#WorldConservationDay #Conservation #GivesBackToNature
Here’s an article I recently wrote for #Asparagus magazine about giving back to #nature.
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It’s #WorldBeeDay!
Ways to help bees include:
* Planting native vegetation
* Leaving natural debris in your yard
* Leaving weeds like dandelions alone
* Refrain from spraying your grass with chemicals #WorldBeeDay2025 #Bees #SaveTheBees #BeesAreGood #Pollinators #BeeDay
