Bird migration monitoring is done, day in, day out, every day from August 15 to October 31. Birds keep their own calendar, one without weekends or Holiday Mondays, but one that follows the stars and the moon and the slow …
Despite the calendar saying that it is October, the temperatures still feel very summer-like with daytime high around 20C. It is both pleasant and concerning. Leaves are changing colours and nights are certainly longer, so it must be autumn. Another …
Peregrination (noun): a journey, especially a long and meandering one. Almost any migratory bird could be said to go on peregrination but only one is specifically named after its extensive travels: the Peregrine Falcon! A magnificent bird on its own, …
Just before the Equinox, on September 21, the weather decided to emphasize the change of seasons by bringing in very strong South winds, with rain coming in the afternoon. The warm South wind turned around into a colder, stronger, meaner …
We are fast approaching the fall equinox, which will be on September 22 this year, the moment in time when the length of the day is equal to the length of the night anywhere on Earth. Whether you’re standing at …
The past week was relatively quiet in bird activity: no big waves of migrants moving through green branches, no sudden rush in our nets, no skeins of geese striping the sky. The weather continued to provide us with cool nights …
The past week brought us some remarkable weather, with a succession of intense thunderstorms during the weekend, finally breaking the heat wave, and ushering in stable conditions of clear skies, light North wind and perfect temperatures. We can feel the …
It is hot! Very hot! I know that this is not breaking news but I’ve rarely felt such heat at Cabot Head. Being on the shore of a deep pool of cold water (aka Georgian Bay), temperatures are usually not …
On August 15th, with all 15 mist nets set up and ready to go, I was out at 6am to start a new season of bird migration monitoring 30 minutes before Mister Sun was up and shining. A clear dawn …
The end of another bird migration monitoring is now upon us: nets were furled one last time on June 10th, taken down and stored away for the summer. It is almost hard to believe but summer is now here with …