Steven McGrath

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.

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

The American Bittern Call https://t.co/owDuAuyj7u via @YouTube

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

great map for info on the Nova Scotia Wildfires https://t.co/sElQt8rf21

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

@keepexploringCB @CapeBreton_Hike Congrats! That's Amazing!

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

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

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

Common Grackle https://t.co/cnQWbUOjc4 via @YouTube

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Sharp-shinned Hawk takeoff https://t.co/2gXLASoCOG via @YouTube

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a nice rare bird in Cape Breton to end the year on... Orchard Oriole, Dec 31, 2022, Glace Bay, CB, NS

[Chris Miller, PhD 🇨🇦 @NSwilderness]

This cartoon by @CH_Cartoon!!

#SaveWestMabouBeach #NSpoli

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

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

[Chris Surette @Chris_Surette]

Atlantic Cove on St. Paul island looking mighty @infomorning @AforAdventure

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

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

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

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.

[NatureConservancy.ca | Conservationdelanature.ca @NCC_CNC]

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

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

I am a day late but here are a few photos for #WorldShorebirdsDay
#birds #birdingcapebreton #shorebirds #capebreton

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

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

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

@Canada @environmentca @NRCan @FishOceansCAN @ParksCanada @POLARCanada Piping Plover with a roped-off area in the background on a Cape Breton beach where they breed.
cape Breton, NS, August 2022
#Wildlife #speciesatrisk #Endangered

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

@Canada @environmentca @NRCan @FishOceansCAN @ParksCanada @POLARCanada Snowy Owl, Cape Breton, NS, May 2022

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

@sssprague This is the track of the one from 2020 that has remained in North America and is currently in Newfoundland

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

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

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

@lschibley I love this!