Tony Gaston THE GEOGRAPHY I was born in Beckenham, then in the county of Kent, within 0.2 minutes of longitude of the Greenwich meridian: that line that sets the time of day for the whole world. Longitude tends to pass under the radar. People talk about latitude because it relates to climate; north cold, south hot (or … Read more
For my 80th birthday, I want to give myself a present of seeing a Snow Leopard in its real habitat in the Indian Himalayas. Watch this space…
..and the struggle to save the Western Himalayas In 1972, with my late wife, Anne-Marie, I trekked through Himachal Pradesh in the Western Himalayas from the Sutlej to the Beas valleys via the Bashleo Pass. Then, we lived downtown in Delhi and in April temperatures hovered around 40 degC. We needed to escape somehow. Now, … Read more
Crows and swallows sit on wires. Owls and robins perch on branches. Woodpeckers hop up tree trunks. Plovers and curlews run on the beach. They all inhabit the land. Seabirds live on the sea, but they must come to land to make their nests and rear their young. Children of the Sea is the story … Read more
https://www.africanjourney.ca/ Fresh out of university in 1968, Tony Gaston set out to explore for birds in the Ahaggar Mountains of the central Sahara. Without a map or compass, he continued south to Niger and westwards to Liberia and Sierra Leone, traveling on trucks and buses and on foot through countries just emerging from colonialism. He … Read more
A Natural History of Digges Sound Digges Sound, lapping at the northern tip of the Ungava Peninsula, lies at the junction of Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay. It is celebrated for its huge colonies of Thick-billed Murres’ which have attracted the attention of visitors to the area from the time of Henry Hudson. Their breeding … Read more
Children of the Sea (for children of 5 or over) by Tony Gaston, is a fabulous gift for any child you know, and features an inspiring story about the ancient murrelet, with beautiful illustrations by Judy Hilgemann. All proceeds go directly to Laskeek Bay Conservation Society to support their many projects and goals. Available at: … Read more
African Journey A Voyage on the Sea of Humanity Fresh out of university in 1968, Tony Gaston set out to explore for birds in the Ahaggar Mountains of the central Sahara. Without a map or compass, he continued south to Niger and westwards to Liberia and Sierra Leone, traveling on trucks and buses and on … Read more
Abstract A recent review of bird distributions in Nunavut demonstrated that Mansel Island, in northeastern Hudson Bay, is one of the least known areas in the territory. Here, current information on the birds of Mansel Island is summarized. A list published in 1932 included 24 species. Subsequent visits by ornithologists since 1980 have added a … Read more
Arctic Ocean Islands Anthony J Gaston, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction: 1 Pleistocene and Holocene Histories: 1 Terrestrial Ecosystems:3 Flora: 3 Oceanography: 5 Terrestrial Vertebrates: 6 Mammals: 7 Birds: 8 Marine Ecosystems: 10 Mammals: 10 Seabirds: 11 Biogeography: 11 Human Influence: 11 Conservation: 13 Resource … Read more