Female Common Redpoll on our feeder this week. © SB We've seen very few Redpolls in our Regina, Saskatchewan, backyard this winter —...

Male Pine Grosbeak, taking a break from feeding on crabapples. © SB   As winter ends, a memory of one of the most beautiful birds I s...

What luck! I saw Ruffed Grouse — my first — several times when I was at the writing retreat at St. Peter's Abbey in Muenster, Saskatchew...

Because every good day deserves a chickadee. Soft feathered weightlessness, rasp of air on your hands. Black-capped Chickadee waiting ...

A Redpoll that merits a post of its own —  perhaps an immature bird? — perched on the red auger, with the soft steel blue of a grain bin be...

Today, the wind dropped and the temperature rose to close to zero. And at sunset, a celebration of pinks and golds in the sky. Light vanis...

Walking past a stand of trees this morning, I heard the characteristic woodpecker knock-knock-knock. I paused, walked back, and saw a Downy ...