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Osprey and DDT

Oct 11, 2014 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Look for Osprey near Island Lake, Orangeville.

Poison

Sep 12, 2014 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Io moth cats sport a bristling armament of stinging hairs.

Great Egrets

Aug 15, 2014 | Don Scallen | Blogs | Notes from the Wild

Egrets were being slaughtered by the thousands in 19th century America.

Milkweed and Monarchs

Jul 25, 2014 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

The monarchs’ table was set, but alas, they wouldn’t come to dinner.

The Raven

Jun 25, 2014 | Don Scallen | Blogs | Notes from the Wild

Ravens are renowned for their ability to solve complex puzzles to obtain tasty tidbits of food.

Imperilled Turtles

May 26, 2014 | Don Scallen | Blogs | Notes from the Wild

May/June is the time that turtles emerge from a long winter’s dormancy to bask in the sun. Unfortunately fewer and fewer of them appear every spring.

Wood Frogs

Apr 22, 2014 | Don Scallen | Blogs | Notes from the Wild

Usually wood frogs choose ponds that hold water only temporarily – a roll of the dice that can lead to the death or salvation of their progeny.

Cougars

Apr 3, 2014 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Something strange is going on, and the phenomenon is not confined to the Headwaters.

Dufferin’s New Landlord

Mar 23, 2014 | Tim Shuff | Back Issues

With its purchase of the mega quarry lands, a Canadian investment firm gained control of one of the biggest single blocks of prime farmland in Ontario. Will the new landlord be better than the old?

Swifts and Swallows

Mar 23, 2014 | Don Scallen

These birds fly with grace and verve, flitting over fields and wetlands and high above towns and villages.

Snowy Owl Rescue

Mar 5, 2014 | Don Scallen | Blogs | Notes from the Wild

The winter of 2013-14 has seen a “the largest movement of snowy owls in four or five decades” into southern Canada and the United States.

Snow Buntings

Feb 7, 2014 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Look for snow buntings every winter, across the windswept fields of Dufferin, Wellington and other open country settings in southern Ontario.