What do you do when you have a migraine that won’t quit… but the sun is shining? You go birding — and hope the birds and fresh air will help. And today… they did. With Finn and my Aunt in tow, I headed to the Cowichan Bay Estuary and nearby trails. The air was warm, the songs were loud, and the sun wrapped around us like a gentle invitation to slow down. And the wildlife answered. Just as we stepped onto the trail, a tiny bird shot between my Aunt and I like a feathered bulle

My mind has been a mess lately. The chaos of the world, stress at work, grief that still lingers, and that constant internal loop of what am I doing with my life? — it’s a lot. Negativity feels loud these days. So what do I do when life gets challenging? I go birding. Laugh if you want, but birding is balm for my soul. I never set expectations. I never know what I’m going to see, if anything at all. But on this day, nature showed up. The morning began with a pair of Bald Eagl

It started the way many of the best wildlife moments do, accidentally. I glanced out my apartment window and noticed tiny balls of fluff flitting wildly through a tree that looked ready to burst with early life. They were moving so fast it was almost impossible to track them, bouncing from branch to branch like living sparks. I’d seen these little birds around before but never stopped to identify them. That is, until I checked eBird later and discovered something exciting. Th