Archived Birds I View
A monthly article that I write for the Northeastern Avalon Times
December 2014 - Wind and Seabirds
October 2014 - Basque and Portuguese Influence in Newfoundland and Labrador
September 2014 - Funk Island - It Could Be Heaven
July 2014 - Back to the Future: Returning to Middle Lawn Island
June 2014 - Town Councils Must Honor Societal Contracts
May 2014 - North Atlantic Winds Bring Birds and Bergs
April 2014 - Witless Bay Council Rejects Development at Ragged Beach
March 2014 - Slick Information About Offshore Oil Pollution
February 2014 - The Northern Flicker is Newfoundland’s Colorful Woodpecker
January 2014 - Come-From-Away Birds
December 2013 - The Birds and the Bees and the Pesticides
November 2013 - Fishes are Something Much More Than Raw Material
September 2013 - Opportunities for Community Environmental Stewardship
July 2013 - The Rescue of an Entangled Loon
June 2013 - The Shags Are Back
May 2013 - Early Aboriginal Interactions with Birds
April 2013 - Provincial Budget Devastates Environmental Safety Net
March 2013 - The Legal Challenge to Save Sandy Pond
February 2013 - Blizzards Challenge Birds As Well As Humans
January 2013 - Rescind Votes on Muskrat Falls and St. John's Harbour Fence
December 2012 - A Muskrat Falls Decision
November 2012 - Culling Seals is Wrong
October 2012 - Bird Migrants Linger During the Fall
September 2012 - Gannets Signal Influences of Very Warm Ocean Waters
July 2012 - Attacks on Humans and an Attempted Murder by Crows
June 2012 - The Federal Assault on the Environment
May 2012 - The Comings and Goings of Spring
April 2012 - Little Red Riding Hood and Other Tales of Despair
March 2012 - Habitat Destruction by Tar Sands Leads to Wolf Cull
February 2012 - Save the Seal Hunt - Let It Be
January 2012 - Was the Christmas Puffin a Quebecer?
December 2011 - The Incorporation of the University
November 2011 - Richard's Journey - The Long and Winding Road
October 2011 - Killing Two Birds With One Stone - Fuming Autos and Drivers
September 2011 - Every Time They Get in the Boat
August 2011 - The Paradox of Gannet Nesting Behaviour
July 2011 - Separate Realities - It's Just the Way It Is
June 2011 - Community Efforts to Protect Ragged Beach
April 2011 - Keep Snowmobiles and ATVs Out of Our Parks
March 2011 - Writing Symphonies for the Devil
February 2011 - Developer's Paradise
January 2011 - The Gift of Maternal Love and World Peace
November 2010 - The Good Journalists and the Bad Ones
October 2010 - Igor's Environmental Mandates
September 2010 - The Long and Lasting Reach of Jon Lien
August 2010 - Out-foxed on Funk Island
July 2010 - Rocky Mountain Environmental Highs
June 2010 - The Fallacy of Culling Seals to Enhance Fish Stocks
May 2010 - Gulf of Mexico Disaster is an Error Not an Accident
April 2010 - Vital Signs of Changing Climate
March 2010 - Ted Cross - Late Blooming Birder
January 2010 - Public Concern for a Suffering Duck
December 2009 - Gerard Leonard - Newfoundlander Tried and True
November 2009 - The Necessity of Compromising Development
October 2009 - Where Have All the Capelin Gone?
September 2009 - Old Trails and New Studies on Baccalieu Island
August 2009 - Arctic Fox Vexes Funk Island Seabirds and Researchers
July 2009 - Bergs and Birds in the Little Fogo Islands
June 2009 - Searching for a Gannet Colony on the Port au Port Peninsula
May 2009 - Can Economic Analyses Help Protect the Environment?
April 2009 - Arctic Murre Die-off Associated with Inshore Sea Ice
March 2009 - The Return of Harlequin Ducks
February 2009 - Local Bird and Place Names Tell Tales
January 2009 - The Street Dogs of Chile
December 2008 - Visions of Great Auks are All That remain
November 2008 - The Reckless and Risky Lives of Young Gannets
October 2008 - Being in Bird Cove
September 2008 - Premier Williams' Broken Promise
August 2008 - One Seabird Adventure After the Next
July 2008 - The Capelin are Coming
June 2008 - Environmental Initiatives on the Northeast Coast
May 2008 - Engineer Reports Illegal Pollution by Container Vessel
April 2008 - Gannets Return to Cape St. Mary's
March 2008 - Night Lighting Has Gloomy Environmental Effects
April 2006 - Sealing, Anti-sealing and Reality
March 2006 - Political Fishing Quotas Create Social Chaos
February 2006 - Hunting? - Never on Sundays