Archived Birds I View

A monthly article that I write for the Northeastern Avalon Times

December 2014 - Wind and Seabirds

October 2014 - Basque and Portuguese Influence in Newfoundland and Labrador

September 2014 - Funk Island - It Could Be Heaven

July 2014 - Back to the Future: Returning to Middle Lawn Island

June 2014 - Town Councils Must Honor Societal Contracts

May 2014 - North Atlantic Winds Bring Birds and Bergs

April 2014 - Witless Bay Council Rejects Development at Ragged Beach

March 2014 - Slick Information About Offshore Oil Pollution

February 2014 - The Northern Flicker is Newfoundland’s Colorful Woodpecker

January 2014 - Come-From-Away Birds

December 2013 - The Birds and the Bees and the Pesticides

November 2013 - Fishes are Something Much More Than Raw Material

October 2013 - Assessing Impacts on the Environment: Fraudulent Credentials Question Scientific Independence

September 2013 - Opportunities for Community Environmental Stewardship

July 2013 - The Rescue of an Entangled Loon

June 2013 - The Shags Are Back

May 2013 - Early Aboriginal Interactions with Birds

April 2013 - Provincial Budget Devastates Environmental Safety Net

March 2013 - The Legal Challenge to Save Sandy Pond

February 2013 - Blizzards Challenge Birds As Well As Humans

January 2013 - Rescind Votes on Muskrat Falls and St. John's Harbour Fence

December 2012 - A Muskrat Falls Decision

November 2012 - Culling Seals is Wrong

October 2012 - Bird Migrants Linger During the Fall

September 2012 - Gannets Signal Influences of Very Warm Ocean Waters

August 2012 - The Pilgrimage

July 2012 - Attacks on Humans and an Attempted Murder by Crows

June 2012 - The Federal Assault on the Environment

May 2012 - The Comings and Goings of Spring

April 2012 - Little Red Riding Hood and Other Tales of Despair

March 2012 - Habitat Destruction by Tar Sands Leads to Wolf Cull

February 2012 - Save the Seal Hunt - Let It Be

January 2012 - Was the Christmas Puffin a Quebecer?

December 2011 - The Incorporation of the University

November 2011 - Richard's Journey - The Long and Winding Road

October 2011 - Killing Two Birds With One Stone - Fuming Autos and Drivers

September 2011 - Every Time They Get in the Boat

August 2011 - The Paradox of Gannet Nesting Behaviour

July 2011 - Separate Realities - It's Just the Way It Is

June 2011 - Community Efforts to Protect Ragged Beach

May 2011 - Save Our Moose

April 2011 - Keep Snowmobiles and ATVs Out of Our Parks

March 2011 - Writing Symphonies for the Devil

February 2011 - Developer's Paradise

January 2011 - The Gift of Maternal Love and World Peace

December 2010 - Into the Fog

November 2010 - The Good Journalists and the Bad Ones

October 2010 - Igor's Environmental Mandates

September 2010 - The Long and Lasting Reach of Jon Lien

August 2010 - Out-foxed on Funk Island

July 2010 - Rocky Mountain Environmental Highs

June 2010 - The Fallacy of Culling Seals to Enhance Fish Stocks

May 2010 - Gulf of Mexico Disaster is an Error Not an Accident

April 2010 - Vital Signs of Changing Climate

March 2010 - Ted Cross - Late Blooming Birder

January 2010 - Public Concern for a Suffering Duck

December 2009 - Gerard Leonard - Newfoundlander Tried and True

November 2009 - The Necessity of Compromising Development

October 2009 - Where Have All the Capelin Gone?

September 2009 - Old Trails and New Studies on Baccalieu Island

August 2009 - Arctic Fox Vexes Funk Island Seabirds and Researchers

July 2009 - Bergs and Birds in the Little Fogo Islands

June 2009 - Searching for a Gannet Colony on the Port au Port Peninsula

May 2009 - Can Economic Analyses Help Protect the Environment?

April 2009 - Arctic Murre Die-off Associated with Inshore Sea Ice

March 2009 - The Return of Harlequin Ducks

February 2009 - Local Bird and Place Names Tell Tales

January 2009 - The Street Dogs of Chile

December 2008 - Visions of Great Auks are All That remain

November 2008 - The Reckless and Risky Lives of Young Gannets

October 2008 - Being in Bird Cove

September 2008 - Premier Williams' Broken Promise

August 2008 - One Seabird Adventure After the Next

July 2008 - The Capelin are Coming

June 2008 - Environmental Initiatives on the Northeast Coast

May 2008 - Engineer Reports Illegal Pollution by Container Vessel

April 2008 - Gannets Return to Cape St. Mary's

March 2008 - Night Lighting Has Gloomy Environmental Effects

April 2006 - Sealing, Anti-sealing and Reality

March 2006 - Political Fishing Quotas Create Social Chaos

February 2006 - Hunting? - Never on Sundays

January 2006 - High Arctic Eiders and Other Winter Birds

August 2005 - Old Men

June 2005 - The Legal Seafoods Boycott of Canadian Fish

Contact

Dr. W. A. Montevecchi

230 Elizabeth Ave, St. John's, NL, CANADA, A1B 3X9

Postal Address: P.O. Box 4200, St. John's, NL, CANADA, A1C 5S7

Tel: (709) 864-8000