See my article in the spring version of Le Tour: L’observation des oiseaux enchante de nombreuses personnes. Il peut sembler banal d’observer les oiseaux, mais une fois que l’on commence à les identifier sur le terrain, l’intérêt se transforme souvent en passion. Comment repérer et identifier...
A great way to get into birding is to meet other people interested in birds. This spring each Saturday morning you can join a birding group from 7am to 10am at locations around Sutton. All are welcome! Fee is based on voluntary donations. A PENS membership...
This summer I helped organize and animate a kids 'Birds Camp' for the Sutton School of Art. I led the kids on bird walks to identify the different bird songs and birds that we observed around the school buildings which are in a magnificent location...
A nice day at Hutopia - the weather was cool and comfortable, and the campground seemed to be at capacity. We started our walk in the lower parking lot and along the road. Birdsong wafted in on the breeze from all around us. Then we...
It was a hot morning! We met in the curling club parking at 7am just as the market was setting up across the street. There were a lot of birds today despite the heat. We walked towards the park, throughout the park then along the...
Today was a great day for birding. Our group of six met at the Hotel Horizon parking lot and spent about 1 hour looking, and especially listening, to birds in the field across the street. Then we headed up the path towards the Hutopia central...
There were thunderstorms in the forecast and one couple cancelled, however, at 6am this morning it was clear, sunny and 15 degrees. We were 7 in all and started out listening for birds in the parking lot before heading up the trail to lac Spruce....
This morning I saw 30 species of birds in a 90 minute walk near my house! This is the best week of the year for birding because the warblers and other migratory birds are back and the leaves are not fully out so you can...
Here are some tips for birding around Sutton. If you want to see Brown thrashers and Chipping sparrows, as well as lots of crackles, song sparrow and robins head over to Domaine Gagné. For ruby-crowned kinglets and flickers head to Domaine Mont Louis. For swamp sparrows,...
After a week of cold wet weather, the forecast for today was warm and dry. It actually reached about 15 degrees Celsius. But at 6am it was still around minus 10 degrees Celsius . My hands and feet were cold but it was definitely worth...