E nvironment Minister Jim Prentice is playing down the climate-change pledges made Tuesday by Chinese President Hu Jintao at the United Nations, saying Beijing has yet to commit to clear targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking with ...
ScanR.com could replace both your fax machine and your scanner for just $5 a month (or $30 a year). All you need is a digital camera or a phone that has a camera with autofocus and at least 2 megapixels. Snap a picture of any document, business card, ...
Who would have believed there could be a famous farmer from Key West right here in Brooksville, FL? Well I am here to tell you that it's true and his restaurant will make you a believer. He is Farmer John, of Farmer John's Key West Café which is ...
Dont be surprised this winter to look out your living room window and see Northern Mockingbirds feeding on berries in your yard. You cant miss them when they fly. They have very obvious white wing patches and long tails with white outer feathers. ...
A white-winged crossbill is only likely to head south when food is short or there is overpopulation in the north. The male adult white-winged crossbill is just over 6 inches long with a dusky tail and dark wings with two large, white wing bars. The ...
The cedar waxwing is a well-named, beautiful bird, often associated with winter in Mid-Missouri, but it is truly a bird for all seasons. The family name for the two North American waxwings - the cedar and the Bohemian - is Bombycillidae, which means ...
When I was about 12 years old, my dad, an avid hunter and fisherman, bought me a single shot 16-gauge shotgun and I joined him on too many cold, wet days in a duck blind that became the foundation for Ol Clark, the birdwatcher. I found no redeeming ...
OTTAWA Stephen Harper hasn't shied from emphasizing the economic uncertainty we face, it's just that he also likes to reassure that it's not going to be so horrible. Here in Canada, at least. “Remember, Canada is not the United States,” the ...
The brown creeper forages at the bottom of large trees and works its way to the top. It spends its winters in Mid-Missouri. The "ups" and "downs" of bird watching will soon be with us. The "up" is the brown creeper. The "down" is the nuthatch. Both ...
Remember when you were young and so excited the first time you were invited to participate in a snipe hunt? Such hunts were always done at night, normally in a marshy area. You were given a sack to hold open while the other hunters in the party went ...
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