I am a Data Analyst for one of the world's largest IT companies. When I am not working I spend a lot of time hiking and birding around Cape Breton Island.
I sat in the middle of the woods last night to record some woodcocks. I got lucky and had this one land 20 feet in front of me in the dark. The snow certainly does not seem to bother them.
American Woodcock
Sydney, Cape Breton, NS
8 PM on April 4, 2023
#ShareYourWeather
Not everything that swims like a duck is a duck.
You can sometimes find American Coots swimming with ducks but they have long toes instead of webbed feet which help them walk on dry land.
Cape Breton, NS, October 2022
#birds#birdwatching#birdphotography#Nikon
This is one of the coolest animals I have ever come across in the wild, a Pine Marten. They are rarely seen in Nova Scotia and are endangered.
Cape Breton Highlands, October 2022
#speciesatrisk
Here is my favorite bird find for the month of October 2022 was this Marsh Wren in Edwardsville. This is the first documented sighting for Cape Breton although there may have been others not recorded.
The last sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker that ornithologists have widely accepted as verified occurred in northeast Louisiana in 1944. https://t.co/Y0enxCXUNZ
The Bicknell's Thrush only nest in high-elevation forests and there are only a few areas in Canada they breed. They are listed as a Species at Risk and endangered in Nova Scotia.
Cape Breton Highlands, NS, July 2022
#speciesatrisk#Endangered#wildlife@environmentca@ParksCanada
Here is a Google Map of all the current sightings of the Steller's Sea-Eagle in North America. All sightings logged on this map have been confirmed by various sources.
https://t.co/K3j1MYslff
#StellersSeaEagle#birding#birdwatching