Rare visit!!!

This coyote took a long time to "sneak" up to where I had put out some food for the Magpies.  I guess you can't really call it sneaking when you are being watched though! 

Once in 30 years ...

I have lived in Saskatchewan for 30 years and have been an avid birder all the while.  Just when I think I cannot possibly see any new species of birds ... there they are!!!

The Red Crossbills landed at the feeder for one day.  I don't know how they manage to eat with those impossibly crossed bills! 

Our paths may never cross again!  Enjoy!

Of Foreign Descent ...

The Hungarian or Gray Partridge is an introduced species here in Saskatchewan.  Originally set free to amuse hunters.

I welcome these small round birds to my yard.  They have been a source of much amusement.  They move "as one" ... one does something and they all follow suit.  Most enjoyable to watch!  They possess a propensity for plopping down into any and all depressions in the snow and hunkering down for a spell.

Given that this has been a very looooooooooooooooooong winter with waaaaaaaaaaaay too much snow, they offer the miracle of life in such arduous conditions.







We started out the winter with 6 and amazingly, still have 6 coming every day to clean up what the birds spill onto the ground.