'through work and grace, the farewell was not trumpeted, the final spiral not made' #birdingmlthorpe.substack.com/p/the-sound-...
They're a fairly common site in Guelph (if you know where and when to look) but I am always thrilled to see one. Like ravens & sandhill cranes & bluebirds, they're a rare success story among all the declines. I took this iphone photo a couple of winters back on the river in the middle of the city.
A moment of wonder, never forgotten. open.substack.com/pub/mlthorpe...#nature#birding#wildlife
I don’t know where I was. Arkansas, maybe? A National Wildlife Refuge, a weekday morning in July, no one else around. A flat land, bisected by water. Wide trails, wide enough for a vehicle, thick vege...
And I always feed them :)