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Saturday, January 17, 2015

TipsFromtheGarden-CanadasBirdWatchingHotSpots~

TipsFromtheGarden~
CanadasBirdWatchingHotSpots~
Snow White Owl
of Quebec Canada







Good Afternoon My dear Friends & Followers, 
It's Saturday so it's, Tips From the Garden DAY!
So for today Garden tip is,
 Canada's Birdwatching Hotspots!
In the Provinces and Territories of many Area's 
of Canada's Habitats. 
So I thought for Saturdays tipsfortheGarden and for the
coming of spring, I would start with some of the great
Hot-spots of Birdwatching since they are just starting
to come out! And Canada has some of the greatest


spots for this!
~First is Delta, British Columbia~
In the George C. Reife Migratory Bird Sanctuary. 
This Bird Sanctuary Highlights an area with up to a 
million Western Sandpiper herons in the spring and fall
and wintering lesser snow geese that arrive in early 
October. The Sanctuary offers several walkways, trails
Sandpiper
Heron

Sandpiper Herons of
Canada

and Bird prime viewing.
The Second HotSpot in Canada for BirdWatching is
~Alberta Edmonton~
The Beaverhill Lake Heritage Rangeland: 
This area is recognized for its beautiful wetlands and 
it's importance as a Bird Sanctuary in Canada. The
Beaverhill Lake Rangeland also boasts diverse bird
Canadian Geese 

populations as well . It also has about 145 
different kinds of bird species known to breed there.
They also have special events at the 
Bird Observatory.
The Third HotSpot in Canada For BirdWatching is
~Wasagaming, Manitoba~
At the Riding Mountain National Park
This National Park has several habitats that make up
a beautiful park made up of forests, prairies and 
grasslands too. What you might see in this great Mountain 
National Park is the Gray Owls and Spruce Grouse. 
The Grey Owl of Canada 

This Park is also a year-round park too, however the summer
time is the best time to see lots of the Connecticut warblers. 
~The Fourth Hot-Spot in Canada for Bird Watching~
~Ontario, Leamington~
In the Point Pelee National Park which is called~
"The Warbler Capital of Canada' Why? because it has up to
42-52 warbler species in the park which has been an 
recorded high there. This park is and important 
migration stop for many songbirds and hawks too. 
They both visit in the spring and fall. 
Red-tail Hawk
This Park draws about 300,000 visitors per year,
which is a good thing because it helps the birds care.
So if you ever happen to be in Ontario, Leamington Canada
Please have a look at the Park.
~Finally the Fifth Hot-Spot in Canada for Birdwatching~
~Nova Scotia, Cape Breton~
In Nova Scotia, there is an actually two bird islands that offer
great views of nesting birds such as the Great Cormorants,
Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills and Black Guillemots too.
They have boats tours available to tour to the islands so that
you can see these awesome breeding birds too.
Atlantic Puffins 
Atlantic Puffins 
There is the Blue Jay at the Prince Edward Island
Blue Jay
And we can't forget the Snowy Owl in Quebec
Snowy White Owl

Snowy White Owl

The snowy white Owl
 Interesting Fact! Did You know?
Canada doesn't have a National Bird!
Question for you all my dear friends and followers 
What do you think it should BE?
Here are a few of other of the beautiful birds of Canada
That you can choose from. From all of these which one 
do you think should be their National Bird?
Well, My opinion on what bird it should be will be 
the very last picture.. Wendy hugs



















Well, I guess you all can see that I choose the
Snowy White Owl. I will be interested to see what all 
of you have chosen my dear friends and followers. I am
sorry I got this out a bit late but, life is a bit busy love you
all my dears and wish you all the best hugs 
YOUR WENDY 


Friday, January 16, 2015

Spriggans-

Spriggans~
Spriggans in his tiny Form
Good afternoon my dear Friends and Followers I found a new type of Magical Critter for you all! It's the Spriggans! I have been looking for new and interesting new faeries, elves, dragons, and magical critters for you all my dears for the new year of 2015. I have found so new folktales too. That I will be doing soon. So now for the Magical Critters Spriggans, it seems that they can be quite small, but have the ability to inflate themselves into monstrous size when needed. This has led humans to believe that the are the ghosts of dead giants, that haunt the old ruins and catacombs in which their treasure is. They can be quite ugly and grotesques in shape and size when guarding their home and treasure. Spriggans are a group of magical critters that are very skilled in stealing, infamous in being villains and most often very dangerous. They have been blamed for the mysterious destruction of buildings, cattle, blighting crops and all kinds of unpleasant mischief. The Spriggans are said to be legendary creatures from the Cornish Faery Lore. These Faery Spriggans were said to be very grotesque, ugly and were found living in the old ruins mostly of Ireland. Faery bodyguards. As I had said before they are usually very small but since they are faery's the have the ability to swell up to enormous  size which frightens the average human who things the are ghosts of ancient giants. Some have even been as evil as to steal away mortal children and replace them with one of their own ugly changelings.
Spriggan in a tree stub where
they guard their Treasure
They would burrow into old tree stubs guarding their buried treasure and generally acted as
They are, also know for sending strong storms to blight crops of the humans. There was a story and it was said it was of an old woman who got the better of an band of these Spriggans by turning her clothing inside-out to gain their treasure. How did she do it?Well, it seems that by turning your clothes inside-out is just as effective as iron your clothes with Holy Water. It seems to repel the faeries very well! As far as their appearance they are described as short little men with very large feet, skinny body's, wise-looking features and a crooked body. They are often dressed, with pieces of stones. Since the Faery Spriggan don't have much of a chance in life, the adults are notorious child snatchers and if the have the chance, they will find a human parent-child to replaced with an unhealthy changeling baby.
Spriggans Dressed in Rocks
This seems to happen quite often in folklore in Cornish Ireland. So they would watch the newborns very carefully. These Creature Faery's will also cause illness, bad weather and intentionally lead humans into danger too. Now for a bit of history on the Spriggan's. The name was given to the family of faeries in Cornish Folklore and they are vey closely related to the Piskies. However, they are generally a bit darker and a lot more dangerous than their mischievous cousins - Piskies & Faeries. The differences are generally, whereas the Faeries & Piskies are described as being cheerful and fun loving. Spriggans are more spiteful, dark, very dangerous & full of malice. Also, they have a deep hatred toward humans. One fact, that I did find out as a common trait & their hatred, toward humans was how they 
would lead lonely human traveler into either swamps or near dangerous 
crumbling cliffs where they would lead them to their doom. 
The other was to frighten humans by expanding their small body's













Into Giants proportions -
 so that the mortal thought they were Giants. 

I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE POST
ON THE FAERY/CREATURE SPRIGGANS
THEY ARE A BIT DARK BUT INTERESTING!
I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH MY DEAR 
FRIENDS&FOLLOWERS 
YOUR WENDY 
HUGSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!


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