We won't be seeing too many more Snowy Owls here. It was nice to see this as he makes his way back north.

We're starting to see Turkey Vultures again.

Sighted our first Killdeer for this spring.

We have had Purple Finches feeding here every day for a few weeks. Very nice to see and hear.

Sharp-tailed Grouse: experimenting with posting video, Lots of failures, success if anything shows....

1,500 pigeons are to be destroyed in Saskatoon bridge cleanup. The City says that over the last 50 years the bridge has accumulated nearly 350 tonnes of pigeon poop - which is roughly equal to 230 cars parked on the bridge. saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/1-500-pigeons-…

A Mourning Dove at the creek today.

The most photogenic bird in our yard today.

Yellow-headed Blackbird.

One of the locals.

A very nice Western Kingbird in Saskatoon.

A Least Chipmunk on the Meewasin Trail, Saskatoon.

Nice to see these little Bushtits out on the west coast.

This guy was back a few days ago. Hope he returns again. This is the first time we have seen a Pileated Woodpecker visiting our yard.

A Bonaparte's Gull on the Churchill River.

I haven't seen one of these Red Lily Beetles yet. It's not good news to hear they attack our prairie lilies. producer.com/2020/08/beetle…

nationalobserver.com/2020/09/04/new…

Gorgeous Egyptian Art From 4,600 Years Ago Reveals an Extinct Goose sciencealert.com/a-new-species-…

nytimes.com/2023/06/05/cli…

Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names chng.it/DtVwLhpH via Change.org