This talk is for the birds

Local birders will share stories and photographs

Local birders, Rosemary Curley and Dan McAskill, are getting set to take their audience on a photo journey of their birding adventure with other naturalist friends in southeastern Arizona in 2016.

All are welcome to come to Beaconsfield’s Carriage House in Charlottetown June 6 beginning at 7:30 p.m.

“It was a very different birding experience,” says Curley, “seeing mainly new birds, including some very exciting rarities.”

“The variation in landscape was phenomenal,” add McAskill, “from desert, lakes and wetlands, to grasslands and canyon walls. We were sucking air at 6,600 feet as we sought the spotted owl.”

The group sighted about 120 species of birds, a “pretty impressive list, including the state bird,” says Curley.

The evening promises to be full of photos of the spectacular landscape, exotic finds, maybe a few tall tales and no mountains to climb.

Curley is a longtime member of Nature P.E.I. who enjoys birding and botanizing.

McAskill is a birder and naturalist who naturally keeps track of birds wherever he is.

DEAR ABBY: I’m taking my son to a concert because he likes this artist. It’s someone who probably won’t ever perform here in south Texas again, but my new wife is giving me hell for going.

I’m always doing things with my wife and stepson anytime she wants me to take him along — which is often.

I rarely do anything with my son. Because I’m always working, I see him only every other weekend. It’s our only time to bond. He will be 17 this year, and I don’t know what will happen after he turns 18. — BONDING

BRIAN MCINNIS/THE GUARDIAN Red tailed hawks like this one that was released after being treated at the Atlantic Veterinary College are some of the birds that can be found on Prince Edward Island. Birds are everywhere and no matter where you go they are always fun to watch and...