Notes from the Wild

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.

Life Renewed
Apr 12, 2021 |There is much to quicken the pulse at this time of year. So much to see, hear and appreciate.

Winter Ducks
Mar 1, 2021 |For sheer visual pleasure it’s hard to beat the splendour of ducks on a sunny winter’s day.