Category Archives: Birds

Written by Scott Weidensaul, Paintings by Nancy Lane This is a children’s book that tells the tale of bird migration from South America to Northern Canada through the journey of a Yellow Warbler. I love this, because a Yellow Warbler … Continue reading →

Why Birds Sing is a fun, somewhat light-hearted read by Canadian author Nina Berkhout. I say ‘light-hearted’ because while there are humourous, quirky, entertaining moments, there are also moments of family drama and soul searching. After Opera singer Dawn Woodward … Continue reading →

I wrote briefly about this wonderful book in an earlier post, if you’re interested in taking a look. I’m revisiting it to a) cheat and get another blog post for my Toastmaster’s project and b) cheat and get some details … Continue reading →

Two Green Birds, by Geraldo Valerio Francisco lives in Brazil and visits his Grandmother every day, helping her in the garden and then eating baked treats and drinking coffee (yes! coffee!) with her in her kitchen. One day, his Grandmother … Continue reading →

Night Owl Night, by Susan Edwards Richmond, Illustrated by Maribel Lechuga I have set myself a challenge to write 8 blog posts this month. This amounts to 8 times more than my current running average*. I have a couple of … Continue reading →

Back in June I made the excellent decision to retire – good god I’m old – from the best job I’ve had in my entire 30+ year career. I have many things to say about not working in shitty jobs … Continue reading →

In my mind, this book was stacking up to be a dry treatise on the scientific orders* of owls (Tytonidae, the barn owls, and Strigidae, all the other owls). Case in point, it is subtitled “The New Science of the … Continue reading →