Monday, November 10, 2014

Ptr. Walter Messervey, Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1916

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June 24, 1916    Dear Mother,   Just a postal to let you know that we are leaving for France tonight at 9:30 PM.  I am still well hopi...
Saturday, November 08, 2014

Trout River - Fishing Stores

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Trout River is small town steeped in Newfoundland tradition. Snuggled in a sheltered cove on the west coast of the island, the town i...

Sharp Shinned Hawk

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Sharp shinned hawks can be found over most of North America, including Mexico. In South America they are found from Venezuela to Northern...
Friday, November 07, 2014

Meadow Lark ID Photos

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T he rarities keep coming this Autumn as passerines veer off course during migration. This wary meadow lark was photographed in an over...
Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Black Capped Chickadee

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The black capped chickadee is a friendly and curious bird that is a joy to see as it fills the forest with a cherry "chick-a-dee-de...
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Monday, November 03, 2014

Wild Horses of Sable

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Sable Island, 300 km south-east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, is renowned for its wild horses and shipwrecks. The island has a fascina...

Dark Eyed Junco - A Bird Watcher's Delight

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Now that the autumn days are relinquishing their colorful tapestries to the the colder colors of  November, all the songbirds except a...

Newfoundland Pine Marten

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The Newfoundland pine marten ( Martes americana atrata ) is a genetically distinct subspecies of the American marten ( Martes americana...
Sunday, November 02, 2014

Canvasback Duck at Kenny's Pond

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Canvasback ducks breed from Alaska through the Yukon and western edge of the Northwest Territories to the parklands and mixed prairie of...

White Eyed Vireo - A Newfounfland Rarity

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This rare vagrant was recently  fleetingly  seen    by two passionate birders, and, of course, I wanted to see this life bird also. I had...

Red Fox - Codroy Valley

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The Red Fox is the only native insular canid occurring in Newfoundland from the extinction of the wolf in the 1930s to the recent arriv...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Autumn Leaf

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

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A not so ugly duckling !

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Great Horned Owl fledgling just about ready to try a hand at flying !

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Bob with a fine catch of codfish on the opening day of the recreational cod fishery.
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Snowshoe Hare

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Snowshoe hares are found throughout the boreal forests of North America. They are native to Labrador and were introduced to Newfoundland i...
Thursday, May 02, 2013

Canada Goose at Kent's Pond

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Canada Geese are omnipresent all over North America but they still command us to pause and watch whenever they appear. This lone goose wan...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

A New Goose in Town

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The Greater White-fronted Goose is the most widespread goose in the northern hemisphere. It breeds across the tundra from Nunavut to Siber...
Sunday, April 07, 2013

Boreal Chickadee

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Deer Lake Power House Circa 1920's

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This vintage photo shows the Deer Lake Power House at about the time of its commission in 1925. At  that time Deer Lake had a population...
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Red Breasted Nuthatch

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After the long winter which at times seems to be dragging on, I am looking forward to the return of the finches, warblers and a myriad of ...
Saturday, April 06, 2013

Somewhere in Change Islands

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If ever I were to have a place away from home , this would be it - Beauty , serenity and the ocean on my doorstep .
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Abandoned Fishing Room - Change Islands

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This is the last will and testament of Emma Porter of Change Islands in the Northern District of Change Islands in the Northern District...
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Friday, April 05, 2013

Birds of Newfoundland - A Rare Book

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In 1941 the Government of Newfoundland commissioned Harold S. Peters and Thomas D. Burleigh of the United States Fish and Wildlife Servi...

Blue Jay Watching

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The Blue Jay’s feathers are not actually blue. The bright cobalt colour is the result of the unique inner structure of the feathers, whic...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Silent Witness Memorial - Gander

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Arrow Air Flight 1285 was an international charter flight carrying U.S. troops from Cairo Egypt  to their home base in Fort Campbell, Ken...
Monday, April 01, 2013

American Red Squirrel on the Pippy Park Trail

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The red squirrel is native to Labrador and the rest of North America but it was first introduced to Newfoundland in 1963 and it quickly spr...

Emerald Surf off Bear Cove

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Twice a day the tide sweeps ashore Erasing footprints, stones, shells and more .
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Silver and Gold on the Eastern Edge

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Silver and gold can sometimes be found on the ocean's floor.  You just need to know where and  when to go.
Saturday, March 30, 2013

Storm Surge Wave at Cape Spear

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A storm surge is an offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system, typically, tropical cyclones and strong extr...
Friday, March 29, 2013

Green Bay Fishing Rooms

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Old fishing rooms stand in the evening sun somewhere in Green Bay.

Black Capped Chickadee

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Who has not heard the cheery, welcoming sound of the Black Capped Chickadee as he performs his acrobatic twists and turns while looking...

Humpback Whale Study

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The scientific name of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) means long-winged New Englander. During the summer the waters ...

Rocky Shore Near Bonavista

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The coastline near Bonavista is marked with treacherous rocky shoals and sea stacks  that extend out into the deep surf. Here puffins loo...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Emelia Earhart Statue, Harbour Grace

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On May 20, 1932 at 7:20 p.m., with a thermos bottle of Rose Archibald’s soup and a can of tomato juice, Amelia Earhart in her Lockheed ...

Common Goldeneye

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Common Goldeneyes are found on streams and wooded ponds throughout Newfoundland but in winter the birds flock to the coast where it i...

American Widgeon - Male

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  The male American Widgeon is a handsome duck that is frequently called "Baldpate" because of its creamy white crown. I was abl...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

American Widgeon at Kent's Pond

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 The American Widgeon is often found feeding with diving ducks such as the scaup, who are adept at rooting up vegetation f...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Cormorant Drying Wings

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I saw a little cormorant Upon a rock, and grinned. Her outstretched wings were soaking wet, And drying in the wind. I called to her, “You li...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

ptarmigan

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Friday, April 02, 2010

Carrion Crow

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A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a Pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the P...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

Ferryland Light

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Red Saltbox #2

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Red Saltbox Near Tor's Cove

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Cabot Tower

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Cabot Tower was built in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot 's discovery of Newfoundland, and Queen Victoria '...
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Celtic Shadows

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The old Protestant Graveyard in St. Johns yields a pleasant mix of gothic beauty and tranquility. "The boundaries which divide Life fro...
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Banana Boat

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"As I stood on the wharf in Trinity harbour, the sun peeked out from behind the cloud cover and shone brilliantly on the yellow boat ,...
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