Wildlife
When the eagles return to Sheffield Mills
Posted on September 17, 2011 by Tom Mason
They come from across the Maritimes by the thousands — from Cape Breton, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and mainland Nova Scotia — dressed warmly with binoculars and bird books in hand. Every January, bird fanciers invade the quiet Annapolis Valley hamlet of Sheffield Mills by the thousands, hot in pursuit of one of Nova [...]
Read moreSaving the wood turtle
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Tom Mason
FOR JOHN GILHEN THE STORY is all too familiar— a well meaning parent, a couple of curious kids and a wood turtle. It’s a confrontation that the wood turtle all too often loses. For hundreds of Nova Scotians who take to the woods every year, slow-moving wood turtles are an irresistible treasure to be taken [...]
Read moreWatching the whales
Posted on July 15, 2009 by Tom Mason
