“She’s incredible!” I declared to Gary.  We were looking in awe through our front living-room window at Mother Robin who was working extremely hard at building a nest.  She had decided to put it on the top of one of our porch posts just underneath the ceiling.  Father Robin, of course, stood on guard in the sumac trees along our driveway.  She...

“Oh, aren’t they cute!”  I exclaimed to our neighbour across the street.  She was showing off the pair of ducks, probably Mallard, that decided to set up house-keeping under a couple of trees at the front corner of her house that is undergoing renovations.  The female laid eight eggs (the same size of the eggs we purchase at the grocery store) a...

Early one morning Gary came bounding into our house after his walk and exclaimed, “I just saw something beautiful!”  His walk had taken him to a nearby pond where he had spotted four lovely white swans with black beaks and legs. Did you know that there are three types of swans in Ontario – Trumpeter, Tundra and Mute – and that they mate for life?  We have...

I probably have mentioned before that Gary and I are always fascinated when watching the different behaviors of numerous birds landing on our seed station just outside our kitchen window during the winter.  We particularly get a kick out of the Blue Jays.  Seconds after Gary dumps seed and peanuts on the platform about ten Jays come zooming in over his...

Honestly, I think we have had enough snow thus far this winter, wouldn’t you agree?  Two large snowstorms have caused interruptions to our agendas due to added snow shovelling.  Thankfully, our neighbour has shown his kindness to us with his snowplow; although, I don’t feel sorry for him as he loves cleaning out the street end of our driveway along with...