White crowned sparrow

Only gotten one so far but it was in our backyard so that’s a win.

Your photos are also really good!

A lifer for me today too! So neat to see!

A line of enthusiastic birders watching a rare bird in a field.

I appreciate @michaeldemoor.bsky.social humouring me and ducking out of work early to go twitching for a Brant spotted near Fort Saskatchewan this afternoon. That’s love.

Thank you! It’s been an exciting if slow start due to the cold and snowy April so far.

Male Cinnamon teal swimming on the North Saskatchewan River.

Ross’s Goose in flight

Two Tundra Swans flying overhead.

A dainty Male Black Necked Stilt picking its way along the shore of the North Saskatchewan.

Spring migration is under way.
#birds

Gus is right! Y’all should read (and buy).

Hundreds of Northern pintails taking off from a farmer’s field.

I’m always stunned by the size of flocks of northern pintails. There were easily a thousand in this farmer’s field this afternoon.

Introductory Chinese for Advanced Beginners

Indigenous Traditional Ecological knowledge

Native American Literature

Japanese History

Ojibwe Language

We’ve raised good kids who are willing to help and care for their neighbours of all backgrounds. They are not cynical and are not cruel but kind and loving. That is resistance in a society that expects and rewards cruelty.

“If I lose my grip will I take flight?”

“Damn near as deadly as Texans on ice”

A twelve week old kitten watches with rapt attention and awe as a middle aged man in toque, plaid shirt, and cords puts up the Christmas tree.

There’s nothing like seeing the awe of Christmas than through the eyes of your cat. Baby’s first Christmas tree.

Middle aged white woman holding very wee orange and white kitten up to her face

Very wee orange and white kitten wearing a dapper top hat looks at the camera.

Very wee orange and white kitten having a nap after a very busy day.

Gray mackerel tabby sleeping g with arm outstretched on a middle aged white woman

We got a new baby. He’s 8 weeks old and named Trinculo. Frodo needs reassurance that despite the new sibling I still love him.

My oldest and I went at about 1:30 and walked out just after three. We are I. Edmonton Gold Bar, voted at the Suzuki school.

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Voted in my first Canadian election today as a new Canadian citizen and got interviewed by the Edmonton Journal. Scroll down to the story posted at 4:20.

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My oldest and I waited 1.5 hours but it was my first time as a new Canadian citizen. I even got interviewed by the Edmonton Journal.

All I’m saying is you need a mullet like that. Your mom would love it.

Just reread this yesterday. I forgot what a kick in the gut it is. So good but not easy.

Oh my goodness! A truly great actor who could turn in a great performance in the most serious epic or artiest stage play and the silliest public tv show (Edgar Montrose was a great comic creation). Rest in peace!

Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David Van Reybrouk

The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Khan

Just a bit of light reading.

Middle aged white woman with glasses holding a certificate and Canadian Flag.

A middle aged woman with glasses holding a certificate and small Canadian flag standing next to a man in official uniform. Both are standing in front of flags of Canada and the provinces.

A family of five standing with an official in front of Canadian flags.

I’m Canadian!

A cute, middle aged, scruffy man with glasses and a Tilly hat smiles while enjoying his chicken satay.

A middle aged, male birder with a Tilly hat looks through his birding scope.

The world feels like it’s falling apart but this man and I celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary two days ago and for that I am grateful.

Good. I’m becoming a Canadian citizen next week and I put in all that work to be Canadian not just Albertan.

I find They Might Be Giants already did that for me.

It was two days by train to Jasper, then another train to Prince George BC, then a bus to Dawson Creek, then another bus to Whitehorse where we rented a car. I think it took about four days but that’s because the train and bus went overnight as well.

My husband and I went to the Yukon for our honeymoon twenty four years ago.

North: Haines Junction Yukon Territory
East: Quebec City, Quebec
West:Nanaimo British Columbia
South: Windsor Ontario

Furthest East I’ve been is Shanghai China, so far East I had to West to get there.

We decided not to go to the US this year and I’m an American citizen. We have a non binary kid, and my husband is an outspoken academic against the current US administration. I miss visiting my family and friends in Michigan but it just wasn’t safe for us.