Oracle Tutoring, Campbell River, BC
(250) 203-6544 (text) or (250) 830-0295 (talk)
Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions a favourite, the varied thrush. I’ve written a couple of posts about varied thrush, a year-round resident on Vancouver Island. Possibly similar to the Steller’s jay, the varied thrush is more visible certain times …
Self-tutoring about birds and ecology: the tutor mentions ravens and crows. The competitive exclusion principle states that two animals cannot occupy the same niche – ie, role – in the same environment: one always out-produces the other, and takes sole …
Self-tutoring about provincial identity: the tutor mentions an issue about the noble Steller’s jay. I recently realized that the Steller’s jay is our provincial bird here in BC. To quote John Lennon, “I ain’t too surprised.” After moving to BC …
Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor notes a song sparrow. For almost 40 years I’ve been observing birds. As a kid I lived on the east coast, often in rural areas. There, I was free to follow birds to observe them …
Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor tells a story. I had some great chance discoveries of birds when I was a kid. During the past five or more years, however, my best bird identifications have involved some hide and seek. Another …
Self-tutoring about local birds: the tutor notices, for the first time, a red-tailed hawk. Red-tailed hawks are summer residents of most parts of Canada, but live year-round on Vancouver Island as well as in extreme southern BC, Ontario, and Quebec. …
Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions the barn owl. Barn owls inhabit every continent save Antarctica. However, their Canadian range is quite small: extreme southern Ontario and southwestern BC. I saw a barn owl on Mainland BC: as I rounded …
Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions ravens and crows. Maybe 10 days ago, out walking, I heard some crows making a fuss. They were on the ground nearby, maybe eight of them, but I couldn’t tell what the fuss was …
Self-tutoring about crows: the tutor mentions the different kinds in Canada. To quote a boxing coach I knew many years ago – a very good instructor, btw – I’m not getting any younger. He reflected that when I was 30 …
Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor discusses jays in Canada. When I was around four, we moved to a house my father had built on the edge of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The forest began behind us, our lot barely cleared. I …