Notes from the Wild

Bobolinks, Grasslands and Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
Jul 25, 2012 |Bobolinks, though, are only one patch in the quilt of the glorious grassland ecosystem that exists at the Forks.

Polyphemus Moths
Jun 24, 2012 |Moth communication hints at the wealth of cryptic messaging all around us.

Jack in the Pulpit
May 14, 2012 |These plants can switch genders throughout their lives in response to growing conditions.

Butterfly Invasion
May 2, 2012 | | Blogs | EnvironmentTwenty times more admirals than normal are moving into the province.

March Madness
Apr 9, 2012 | | Blogs | EnvironmentThe next day spring peepers, chorus frogs and wood frogs heralded the early spring from sylvan pools.

White-Tailed Deer
Mar 17, 2012 |There are probably more deer now than there were before European settlement.

Butternut Canker
Feb 22, 2012 |Most of our butternuts are dead or dying, stricken by a fungal disease called butternut canker.

Friends of Ontario Snapping Turtles
Jan 31, 2012 |Help the turtles by signing a petition being circulated by Friends of Ontario Snapping Turtles.

Cardinals
Jan 3, 2012 |Cardinals appear at feeders most frequently at dusk and dawn. Perhaps during the twilight hours they are less visible to predators.

Cedar Waxwings
Dec 12, 2011 |A lovely shrub that waxwings find irresistible in late fall and early winter is a native holly called “winterberry”.

Norway Maples
Nov 17, 2011 | | Blogs | EnvironmentOur rural roads and historic schoolhouses may have ended up as dull as suburbia in the fall.

Exotic Species aka Mantis and Honeybee
Oct 22, 2011 |What has our impact been on native North American wildlife? I think we know the answer to that.