Gray Squirrel, Eastern Cottontail and Eastern ChipmunkHow often is it that one gets to have 3 mammal species in a photograph in North America? This was taken in the backyard!photo © adrian binns

Four young birders and their parents joined Debbie and I for a delightful walk around John Heinz NWR at Tinicum on this very warm morning. Catching the end of the breeding season we found many baby birds outside the nest – fledglings being fed by parents. This included active Orchard Orioles, and two different Yellow…

It was well into twilight when we reached Cascade Creek in Thomas Bay today, making photography difficult. Surprisingly I was able to get a Verizon signal and my MiFi to blog! Departing Petersburg Harbor we met our welcoming committee… five Stellar’s Sea Lions rested on the buoy and watched as we passed. We soon came…

Today we did more exploration on Mitkof Island. We started the day traveling south from Petersburg along the Mitkof Highway, which loosely follows the Wrangell Narrows. Our first stop was at one of my favorite locations on the island, Blind River Rapids. Either direction along the Blind River offers photo opportunities. To get to the…

For several days we have been hearing a Great Crested Flycatcher vocalizing in the backyard only to have it go silent after a few calls. This morning Deb found a pair bringing in food to a cavity in the neighbours maple tree. Between the pair they came in 9 times over a 15 minute period…

The town of Petersburg rolls up its sidewalks by about 9pm during the week. It is a true fishing down with a Nordic heritage of which they are very proud. About 3000 people populate the town during the summer months when the seafood canneries are at their peak production. The people in Petersburg are some of…

As I mentioned in my last blog their was plenty of action in Jane’s backyard, especially at the pond where these Blue Dashers delighted us. A male would land on a Sweet Flag pod and tilt his abdomen up. This posture is likely to be threat to any other intruding male, of which there was…

Kevin and Lisa in Argentina after our Antarctic Adventure From the far south to the far north! As the sign says, Alaska is a scant 17,848 km (about 11,090 miles) from Tierra del Fuego National Park, and we were even farther south a few days earlier, having crossed the South Polar Circle aboard the Plancius!…

I spent a delightful Father’s Day at Jane’s spending most of the day outside on the patio, enjoying a BBQ with our boys and watching an array of avian activity in the backyard. However, it was the action at the pond that was most intriguing. It was not just the robins, catbirds and blue jays…

A year ago Kevin and I sat down to work on developing a logo for Wildside Nature Tours. We wanted to create a contemporary recognizable look, keep it simple and appealing, and be able to adapt it to a variety of materials – print media, website, shirts, etc. We started with the Peregrine Falcon in…

Lisa and I enjoyed a fun day in Tierra del Fuego birding with Esteban. As we disembarked the Plancius, back in Ushuaia, Argentina, we were surprised to see our new friend, Esteban Daniels there to greet us. Esteban is a local birding guide from Ushuaia whom I had contacted via email prior to our trip.…

After a bumpy night on the Drake, we awoke to a beautiful day and relatively calm waters. The light was wonderful and I was able to get some fun shots of tough birds, like the Antarctic Prion above. Cape Petrels were numerous again, as expected, but we also added Blue Petrel, Soft-plumaged Petrel and a quick…