After a busy spell, I finally found time to do a blog post. capesablebirding.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/i... #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

Not depressed enough yet? 99c will take you to another level and not just because some of it goes to Amazon. I live where this will happen, it was what inspired me to write it. This might be a work of fiction, or it might be prophetic. I'd say 'who knows?', but science does. #Books #Booksky #Authors

Getting a Cape Island tick is always nice, it's even better when it's in the yard. Great Crested Flycatcher in Nova Scotia tends to be limited to a few pairs in the Annapolis Valley, in Shelbourne they're pretty rare. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

From 1994, Am Oystercatcher was been restricted to Cape Sable Island, NS in Summer, c5 years ago they started to wander. Finally got them in the next door county of Yarmouth 23-jun. Only the 2nd county record. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

While on our mini break to Cape Breton, this Scissor-tailed Flycatcher showed up close to home. A new Shelburne County bird for me (where it matters) and great to watch. Always distant hence the image. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

We only see Mourning Warbler as a scarce passage migrant in the south of Nova Scotia. Once you get to Cape Breton they are a common summer breeder. Always good to see. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

Nice to see a White Ibis in Nova Scotia, finally. This bird chose a small park in Glace Bay, Cape Breton and provided the ideal excuse to take a few days vacation and explore new areas. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

Always a late arrival, Nelson's Sparrows are now 'hissing' from anywhere around the coast with suitable habitat. If you hiss back, sometimes they'll jump out of the grass and onto a post for a better look. Yarmouth NS. #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding

Nice to look out of the window and see a Red-bellied Woodpecker in the yard, my second here this year. These are scarce in southern Nova Scotia, although it probably breeds sparingly. #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #NovaScotia

Olive-sided Flycatchers have finally shown up in southern Nova Scotia, about ten days behind the rest of the province. Great to watch this one yapping locally. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #Novascotia

Who'd have predicted the recent European Robin in Canada? Actually, I did in one of my birding stories in The Frigatebird, my first Nova Scotia birder mystery. It's not my only prediction, the rest are in the now seven book series that costs pennies. #Books #Novascotia #Booksky #Birders

A Laughing Gull on Cape Sable Island, NS, today. We get one or two annually, more if we get a bit of weather like a hurricane. I think 147 for Cape Island this year, so far. I usually hit 200+ species. #Birds #Birds #Birding

Birding by dirt bike, Ibiza, I think 1982. The binoculars weighed more than the bike.

Our spluttering spring in southern Nova Scotia continues but at least the determined birds are arriving. This is a newly arrived Chestnut-sided Warbler that wasn't in this spot two days earlier. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

How the eBird Global Big Day went for me. capesablebirding.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/m... #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #eBird #Globalbigday

My eBird Global Big Day hit 85 late on with a Chimney Swift. After birding the woods at dawn I returned home to find this yard tick Orchard Oriole. As usual I stuck to Shelburne County and, thankfully, there were no other rarity distractions from elsewhere. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #eBird

I thought to do a blog post before May really gets cracking. I'm going to enjoy doing the eBird Global Big Day on 9th May, even if it gets a rather cool reception in Nova Scotia, no idea why. capesablebirding.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/w... #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

It's been an unsettled start to May but you go with what you get. Looking at last year, I'm a little behind but migration has been slow with what does arrive going 'straight in'. At this rate, the forthcoming eBird 'big day' won't be. At least the ducks are showy. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

As a self-published author I try to give value. At just $1.99CAD for the eBook, Cuckoo is a birder love story with a twist, but then aren't they all? #Books #Booksky #Authors #Writingcommunity

This migrant Scarlet Tanager paused at a local yard this morning, letting me get a few shots. Obviously hungry, it ignored me while I used my 800mm lens to give it space. A scarce breeder in Nova Scotia, always one to enjoy. #Birds #Birding #Birder

I just did a new birding blog post for those that enjoy them: capesablebirding.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/a... #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #NovaScotia

We barely got a Little Blue Heron in Nova Scotia last year, so an adult at Pubnico today was enjoyable. A bit distant, but I managed a photo. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

The Willets are back Ted! Niche joke, it helps if you've watched Father Ted. Two at Pubnico Point in Yarmouth County this morning were my earliest for Nova Scotia by four days. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

I found myself in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia again, just in time to jam in on a drake King Eider, only the second county record. Initially it was 1km or more away, but we shivered and waited and it slowly paddled our way. Taken with my new travel camera, the Nikon P1100. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

A good Nova Scotia bird, a Little Egret that showed up in Yarmouth Harbour in southern Nova Scotia today. Drew quite a crowd, it being a county first. I counted seven birders at one point. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #NovaScotia

I just did a blog post for those people who like a read. capesablebirding.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/b...

Glossy Ibis dropped in this morning, Daniel's Head Cape Island NS. I usually see one a year but that's about it. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

One of my books, the seventh in the Nova Scotia Birder Mystery series and the one that introduces my latest heroine, Hannah Washington. I have in mind potentially two more books in the series before I retire it. #Books #Booksky #NovaScotia #Birderstories #Authors

A better photo of our Field Sparrow which is still around. We've had a slew of migrants in NS the past few days, none of them expected for three weeks or more, but here they are. People need to get their spring heads on, more to be found. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

Heavy rain made it pretty tough for my 200-800mm lens on an R7, but I managed a doc-shot of a very early Field Sparrow in my yard. We've had an odd pulse of arrival in the past few days, Field Sparrow is sub-rare here in Nova Scotia. #birds #Birding #Birdwatching

My wife Sandra is having a go at doing ads for me, mine tend to be one dimensional. Mirovina is the second in the Hannah Washington series, available from Amazon, just like my other 19 novels. #Books #Booksky #Novascotia #Authors Lots of birding travelogues there too. #birderwriting

A lingering adult Glaucous Gull. Always something to think that this bird might be robbing a Polar Bear kill later this year. Cape Island Nova Scotia. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #NovaScotia

First Blue-winged Teal of the year on Cape Island, Nova Scotia. Despite the cooler temps, spring is happening. #Birds #Birders #Birding #NovaScotia

A magpie around Canso, Nova Scotia in June 2025 has just been confirmed by DNA as Black-billed, a provincial first. I got there the day it was relocated, having previously been seen by just three people. It went early next day thereby avoiding the hoards, (c15 people here!). #Birds #NovaScotia

A three km trek each way and backlit when we got there, but it's worth doing for a Townsend's Solitaire. Only my second in Nova Scotia and, as a bonus, we didn't get eaten bears. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

This 300mw gas plant (possibly 2) will go in near me. A place I have spent much time in the wetlands and old forests. The petition is self explanatory.. please have a read, Nova Scotia can do much better. And please share on socials, time is running out. Thankyou everyone. c.org/xQKpZhPC2W

Kumlien's Gull from my local fish plant on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Not so many of these darker winged types for me this winter, I guess they sit somewhere between Thayer's and Kumlien's. It would be interesting to track one back to the breeding grounds. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

Slave to birding or birding slave? I can quit any time I like. #Birding

A new birding blog post for those that like to read, capesablebirding.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/w... #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching

Just an update on our Long-eared Owl. Yesterday it fell off a perch and didn't get up. A local local birder-vet took it into care where it died, it was around two thirds the expected bodyweight, so not eating enough. The local Northern Harriers probably didn't help either. #Birds #Birding #owls

Finally got my Nova Scotia Long-eared Owl. The hardest of the resident species to see, this bird at Pubnico in Yarmouth County was the first twitchable one, ever. Species 394 and such a fabulous show-off We kept our distance, it often didn't. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #NovaScotia

Thursday Thoughts🤔🍁 'Run Pedo Run' -𝑀𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑙 𝐷𝑒 𝐴𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑛

A periodic reminder that I write. In an attempt to be even more available to readers, I put the first three Nottingham Detective, Nova Scotia Birder Mystery and the two Harvester World books out as omnibus editions. eBook only, available from Amazon. #Books #Booksky #NovaScotia #eBooks

So many people think these are Ospreys this winter. Imm Baldie causing havoc amongst my gulls. Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. #Birds #birding #Birdwatching

The only Glauc amongst around 200+ Kumlien's, 2 Lesser-Black-backed, 20 Ring-billed, a couple of hundred Greater Black-backed and thousands of American Herring Gull, oh, and the Slaty-backed. A nice morning of gulling in Southern Nova Scotia. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #Gulls

Back for seconds with the local Slaty-backed Gull. Lower West Pubnico, Yarmouth County Nova Scotia Feb-19th. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #Gulls

A new blog post. Don't be fooled by the Bohemian Waxwing, it's stuffed full of gulls. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #Gulls capesablebirding.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/a...

A nice bit of winter gulling excitement today when Alix and Kathleen found the fourth Slaty-backed Gull for Nova Scotia at Dennis Point, Pubnico in Yarmouth County. It rested for about 75 mins before leaving, not seen since. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #Gulls

Funny gull season here in southern Nova Scotia. This lump was bigger than all our east coast AMHG and I can't get away from Glaucous-winged, which we don't get. A hybrid is possible but I don't know what x what! #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #Gulls