Going On A Swamp Walk

GOING ON A SWAMP WALK Wednesday, February 21, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, February 23, 2007 (Picton Gazette) A “Winter Swamp Walk” doesn’t, at first, sound like the most glamourous event to attend. And it probably isn’t if it were to be held at any…

Probing the Private Lives

PROBING THE PRIVATE LIVES Wednesday, February 07, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, February 09, 2007 (Picton Gazette) The coyote tracks were quite diagnostic. It isn’t often we get to see a paw print exactly as the field guides describe. Field guides seldom allow for the…

The Private Lives of Mice

THE PRIVATE LIVES OF MICE Wednesday, January 31, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, February 02, 2007 (Picton Gazette) It was one of those winter mornings that Christmas cards are made of every year. It was the same morning that inspired the photo in last Wednesday’s…

The Case Against Misguided Sentiment

THE CASE AGAINST MISGUIDED SENTIMENT  January/February issue, 2007Wildlife artist Mia Lane e-mailed me early this winter and announced that her family had just increased by 13. When her nephew discovered that flying squirrels had decided to winter in his attic, he contacted his aunt…