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Environment

Wild Leek Soup

Please harvest wild leeks sustainably, taking only 5 to 15 per cent of a given population a year.

Mar 21, 2016
Don Scallen

Pineapple Weed Tea

Pineapple Weed is a member of the aster family, it is easily overlooked because it lacks petals.

Mar 21, 2016
Don Scallen

Supersquirrel

The bird feeder was now far enough from trees to thwart my backyard community of furry filchers.

Mar 1, 2016
Don Scallen

The Pileated Woodpecker

Not only do these woodpeckers have remarkable adaptations for excavating wood, they also have acute hearing that allows them to pick up the telltale sounds of ants scurrying within trees.

Jan 30, 2016
Don Scallen

Red-tailed Hawk

A red-tailed hawk’s vision can be 10 times more acute than ours.

Dec 23, 2015
Don Scallen

Camouflage and the Vision of Birds

How good is your eye? Take our camouflage challenge and test your knowledge.

Nov 25, 2015
Don Scallen

Talking Turkey

Turkeys – especially rival tom turkeys can be highly entertaining to watch at this time of year.

Nov 4, 2015
Don Scallen

Goldenrod and Asters

Asters and goldenrods are tremendously important wildlife plants.

Oct 12, 2015
Don Scallen

Honeybees

We need to learn more about honeybees and other pollinators so we can contribute intelligently to the conversation about their health and well-being.

Sep 16, 2015
Don Scallen

The Beautiful and Damned – Dying Trees

Ash is doomed. Beech and butternut hover on the brink.

Sep 11, 2015
Don Scallen

How ‘Clean Fill’ Became a Dirty Word

With a proposal to flatten his farm fields, a Mono farmer stepped squarely into the centre an environmental hornets’ nest.

Sep 11, 2015
Tim Shuff

Hummingbirds

The migration of ruby-throated hummingbirds to and from the tropics puzzled early birdwatchers.

Aug 12, 2015
Don Scallen