KEVIN DAMASKIE believes that now the 2010 Games are over, we can really celebrate what makes Whistler so successful — stunning natural assets and biodiversity.
For the rest of 2010 we get to examine Whistler’s nature through the International Year of Biodiversity, the other 2010 celebration. In support of Enviro-Fest, this Saturday (June 5), the Association [...]

…this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, “Doc, uh, my brother’s crazy; he thinks he’s a chicken.” And, uh, the doctor says, “Well, why don’t you turn him in?” The guy says, “I would, but I need the eggs.” — Woody Allen, Annie Hall

Susie Mesure of Leicestershire writes in the Independent that Claire Symington is not the first farmer’s wife to think that keeping a few geese might be fun. That’s why she asked her husband, Robert, for a couple when she turned 35. But she’s probably the first who, 21 years on, has turned that birthday present [...]

Ken Hooles gives us an insight into the behaviours of the Brant Goose.
During the last weeks of October and early weeks of November, Brant Geese migrate through the upper Ottawa Valley in Canada, on their voyage south. Unfortunately, they normally just fly through this area and only occasionally land due to inclement weather.
Sometimes, the odd [...]