Notes from the Wild

Our Ever Heavier Urban Footprint
Feb 27, 2023 |As development continues unabated, our growing population and urban footprint will inevitably diminish biodiversity.

Not All Invaders Are Bad
Feb 7, 2023 |During a trip south, naturalist Don Scallen gets a closer look at introduced lizards in Florida and asks questions about our own invasive species in Ontario.

Home Sweet Home
Jan 6, 2023 |Most of us have the good fortune to raise our families in safe, comfortable houses. Birds want nothing less.

Return to the Trout Stream
Dec 1, 2022 |Rivers in the Headwaters region still flow clean, clear and cool through areas not yet urbanized. This natural heritage is a gift to area residents and well worth protecting.

Crooning Tree Crickets
Nov 3, 2022 |Male tree crickets – rock stars of the insect realm – sing to attract females, and display other courtship behaviour not so different from ours.

Fascinating Fungi
Oct 5, 2022 |Fall is the perfect time to get down low and take a closer peek at the stunningly diverse and complex organisms that are fungi

Transforming Turf into a Meadow Ecosystem
Sep 12, 2022 |From a swath of turf grass came a thriving meadow ecosystem full of wild flowers, pollinators and biodiversity.

Bats Aided by Citizen Scientists
Aug 8, 2022 |Bats hunt with their astonishing echolocating ability, sending out pulses of sound and then “reading” the returning echoes for the shape signatures of potential prey.

Who Pollinates Michigan Lilies?
Jul 14, 2022 |Could the answer to my pollination puzzle be butterfly wings?

Movers and Shakers: River Chub
Jun 7, 2022 |The breeders and the egg stealers make a river chub nest a happening place in springtime.

Calvin the Salamander Returns!
May 10, 2022 |Calvin and his kin depend on two things for their survival: forest and fishless ponds.

Magical Merlins
Apr 17, 2022 |Merlins have been recorded nesting in Orangeville, Caledon Village and just south of Headwaters in Georgetown.