My backyard crows managed to raise one fledgling this year. He seems to be a bit behind in maturity from the other crows I see. This is the first time he has come to the deck. I find baby crows so curious and clumsy. They investigate everything…learning how different plants Read more…
I noticed a wide variety of people at the provincial park I recently visited: families with young children, older adults, groups of twenty-something friends, as well as international tourists clearly in awe at their first glimpse of Canada’s spectacular wilderness. As I pondered the potential motives all these people might Read more…
source: New York Times By SABRINA TAVERNISE JULY 13, 2015 Is climate change a serious threat to human health? Simple logic would suggest the answer is yes, a point that the Obama administration is using to build support for the president’s effort to make climate change a centerpiece of his Read more…
July 16, 2015 In 2014, the most essential indicators of Earth’s changing climate continued to reflect trends of a warming planet, with several markers such as rising land and ocean temperature, sea levels and greenhouse gases ─ setting new records. These key findings and others can be found in the Read more…
At about 9:30 pm on July 13, we were driving home from a lovely cottage weekend. We were heading north on Northey’s Bay Road, along the north shore of Upper Stoney Lake, 1 km before the community centre (at Highway 28). There was no moon and therefore not much light Read more…
This picture was taken from inside the cottage kitchen on Deer Bay Reach Road, Lower Buckhorn, at 5 pm on Sunday, July 12. The young Black Bear was climbing an oak tree beside the cottage, possibly to get acorns on the roof. My husband was trying to shoo it off Read more…
We have a cottage on Kosh Lake (Kasshabog Lake). We have been on the lake, on an island for the past 11 years. Traditionally we have Common Ravens on our island. They nest here, raise their young and wake us up very early in the morning. This spring we witnessed Read more…
We were on the Incredible Edibles Farm Tour yesterday (July 10, 2015) in Campbellford and came upon this beautiful Luna Moth on the side of the house at the Haute-Goat Farm. The time was about 10:45 a.m. Jill Purcell
The baby Kestrels fledged today and left the nesting box. Unfortunately there was no camera in the car at the time, and so I had to return home and get one and then return. There were three young on the roof of the box and one adult initially, but when Read more…
For the past two years a handsome Ring-billed Gull that I call Stanley has visited my campsite for the odd treat. He appeared one day when he saw the crows feeding at my site, and he has been a regular visitor since. He warns other gulls off, and every time Read more…
I have a couple of beautiful Serviceberry (Juneberry) trees at the corner of my house, which the Cedar Waxwings just love. This year, however, I have noticed that I have at least three – and maybe four – waxwings nesting in the shrubs right beside the Serviceberries. Outside, I can’t Read more…
I have been having quite a bit of “unusual for my yard” activity lately. For some unknown reason woodpeckers have taken notice of my peanut feeder so I have kept it up. I rarely see any. This year I have numerous Downy Woodpeckers including a male feeding peanuts to a Read more…