Author - Elaine and Don Cassidy

Elaine and Don Cassidy

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

What’s a Chukar?

It seems that one can wait a lifetime and not even be sure of what one is waiting for on any given day. Such a birding event occurred in the oddest of...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

Is There A Fox in the Sparrow House?

When the unexpected occurs especially when a rarely seen bird arrives in a comfortable and safe backyard setting in Nipawin, ones endorphins immediately...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

This Pelican Understands Physics

Of all birds and wildfowl, perhaps the American White Pelican best demonstrates a natural understanding of physics. In high school I had no idea what physics...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

The Path Less Travelled

Visiting Fish Creek Provincial Park a few times a month, Elaine and I often head down the same set of stairs and walk to the banks of Fish Creek. A stump...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

The Butt End of Birding

Anyone who has been outdoors taking pictures of birds and wary wildfowl invariably knows that there will be numerous photos end up in the recycle bin. Giving...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

I’m Going Hungarian Gray

While with Dad driving north of Rife, in his ‘65 Chevy Biscayne up Range Road 74 during an early spring morning in 1969 to ice fish near Pelican Point on Moose...

Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy

Listen to the “Music

Now that we are a few weeks past the winter solstice, the shortest day of any year is but a memory. From the solstice on we gain a few seconds and then...


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