Notes from the Wild
Magical Merlins
Apr 17, 2022 |Merlins have been recorded nesting in Orangeville, Caledon Village and just south of Headwaters in Georgetown.
Signs of Spring
Mar 3, 2022 |In March nature pushes against the shackles of winter, and then bursts free with birdsong and butterflies.
Turtles
Oct 12, 2021 |Only two of Ontario’s eight native turtle species are likely to be found here: midland painted turtles and common snapping turtles.
To Catch a Fish
Sep 13, 2021 |Fish are fast, slippery, and camouflaged, designed by evolution to avoid being eaten.
Wasps
Aug 16, 2021 |I’ve walked through meadows teeming with wasps, innumerable times, without being stung.
Minnows
Jun 8, 2021 |Most of our minnows, like our songbirds, breed in spring and many male minnows, like male songbirds, advertise their reproductive fitness with brilliant colours.