Notes from the Wild
Giant Swallowtail Butterflies
Aug 9, 2012 |Giant swallowtail caterpillars are branded as “orange dogs” in the American south because they eat the foliage of citrus crops including orange trees.
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.