Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
EXPLORING NATURE’S BOUNTY AT THE FRINK Wednesday, March 28, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, March 30, 2007 (Picton Gazette) There were two Virginia rails calling enthusiastically from the cattail marsh at the H.R. Frink Centre at this time last year, following a period of warm…
MAINTAINING THE DESIRE TO WALK Wednesday, March 21, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, March 23, 2007 (Picton Gazette) I spoke with someone a few nights ago who apparently follows this column fairly regularly. Until that night, we had never met, and he spoke quite candidly…
INSECTS IN THE SNOW Wednesday, March 14, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, March 16, 2007 (Picton Gazette) The cross-country ski tracks ahead of me appeared soiled, rather odd as I had just made the tracks an hour earlier, and was now on my way back….
THE FOUR SEASONS Wednesday, March 07, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, March 09, 2007 (Picton Gazette) There were times, I’m sure when the three of us felt like the Pied Piper of Hamelin as we trudged along on a well established trail in the Big…
WANTED: PEOPLE WILD ABOUT WETLANDS Wednesday, February 28, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, March 02, 2007 (Picton Gazette) With cold weather and snow still upon us, it seems difficult to believe that one day it will all disappear, and the wetlands once again will be…
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 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 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 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…
SKIS, SNOWSHOES, OR HIKING BOOTS Wednesday, January 24, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, January 26, 2007 (Picton Gazette)One of my fondest winter memories of the farm we used to own is of the laneway which led from the road to the back fields. Bordered by…