What is Project 366? Read more here. In the Whitemud Ravine one often comes across ravens around the orange pipeline that crosses the creek close to the Snow Valley end. Last spring the several raven couples even tried to build stick nests on the pipeline. None of them seemed to be successful, however. The other…
What is Project 366? Read more here. There are always ravens down at the Whitemud Ravine. Sometimes you only hear them, but they are typically not difficult to spot as they soar high above the ravine. I do not like the name “Common Raven” as I find it demeaning. Yes they are common as in…
What is Project 366? Read more here. Birders always look forward to the first bird of the year. In his Birding Without Border book Noah Strycker describes the first bird of the year as: On New Year’s Day, superstitious birder-watchers like to say, the very first bird you see is an omen for the future….
What is Project 366? Read more here! There are many cultural depictions of black birds, such as ravens and crows, that associate these birds with ill omen and death. Clearly these are figments of peoples’ imaginations. Black birds are highly intelligent, uber cool, and ecologically important as they are ubiquitous, globally distributed and take on…