Come Walk With Us on the Trans Canada Trail (TCT)

Our first posting on the hiker forum The Trek was released today! Check out their site for cool travel blogs, tales from the trail and equipment reviews! Check it out https://thetrek.co/great-trail-something-little-different/

As of today I have two months left until the conclusion of my work contract and that means it is only 4 months until I am in Cape Spear Newfoundland to begin our wondrous #Hike4Birds on the Great Trail!   Our preparations continue daily, we continue to refine our schedule, develop our message and digital classroom material, approach sponsors, and of course constantly debate regarding the weight of our backpacks (yes they keep changing and yes they are getting lighter). In the wake of so many wonderful media announcements and the forwarding of our undertaking online the number of people now following Come Walk With Us has exploded!   Which is very exciting to see!   With so many new people following along we wanted to take the time to clarify what we are trying to do while we hike along Canada’s Great Trail for the next three years. While we trek from coast to coast to coast we intend to connect families and youth to nature through birding , promote healthy active lifes

So I knew this moment would come at one point and I have felt it more and more in the past few weeks since the turn of the New Year.   I felt it as the Christmas tree was taken out of the house for the last time.   I felt it as the holiday decorations came down.   I’ve felt it as I’ve tried to get homes for my pets.   The feeling has become stronger in the past week as we renovate the house touching up its paint, cleaning its carpets, donating my world away, and putting what is left into storage. I felt it as I took down my bird feeders and packed up my trail bike.     I’ve felt it as I’ve made arrangements with the Realtor.     Part of me knows it’s just stuff, it’s just a bird feeder and this home is just a building I’ll have it all again someday.   But yesterday, for whatever reason I was struck by a shear lack of confidence.   Thoughts wondering “what are you doing?   Your house, your car, your things, your pets, your career? All gone and for what?”   All good questions whi

Birding isn’t just a hobby, or for Scientists or just for a career!   Taking up birding can be a huge benefit to students across the spectrum from Elementary and High School classrooms through to College and University! For Elementary School students, birding gets them outdoors, and helps them develop a relationship with nature.   Bird watching keeps students outside and active, it promotes their curiosity; it develops their practical skills and fosters creativity and innovation. All of which have indirect benefits for a range of other academic subjects.   In addition, birding and Citizen Science projects such as Feederwatch , the Great Backyard Bird Count, and CBC4Kids serve to focus the online time of young students leading to a more balanced means of personal development between nature, online activities, textbook learning, and practical experiences. For High School students Birding continues to be a means to stay active, to ensure a healthy lifestyle, and to develop pra