Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
LATE SPLURGE NO EFFECT ON WILDLIFE November 01 & November 03 I had the pleasure recently in Belleville of doing a Power Point presentation for an auditorium of Retired Teachers of Ontario members. Titled, “Surviving The Big Freeze,” it was an in depth look at…
LAST CHANCE TO VIEW INSECTS October 25 & October 27 We were toasty warm in our living room despite the outside temperature being minus three degrees, according to the weather report I had just downloaded onto the computer. A “killing frost,” they called it, as they expressed…
THE PARK FOR ALL SEASONS October 18 & October 20 Nature film makers John and Janet Foster tell me they spend as much time in Algonquin Provincial Park as they can. It is a special place to them. When I told them that my wife and I…
JEWEL OF EASTERN ONTARIO October 11 & October 13 It was an impressive gathering of Salmon River supporters – at least 200, as they celebrated the launching of a new book, “The Salmon River Watershed.” The book didn’t need to describe it as “the jewel of…
VIEW FROM A CAMPSITE October 04 & October 06 When a flock of grackles accumulated noisily in a black cherry tree behind us, it was the first sign of life at our campsite in almost a day, except for a chipmunk who chattered from somewhere…
IT’S FOR THE BIRDS September/October issue, 2006 The year was 1956, and the entire school – all 13 of us – wondered what our new teacher would be like. Little did I know when she walked into the classroom of that one room school, not…
IDENTIFICATION COURSE COMING TO NAPANEE September 27 & September 29 The last time I conducted a bird identification course in the Napanee area, it was at a private residence south of town. There were about 10 of us crowded in the kitchen area of the house,…
WALKING THE ROCKY PLACES September 20 & September 22 Walking sticks are always handy when hiking trails in the Canadian Shield. They provide that critical “third point” useful in guiding hikers over difficult terrain. At Depot Lakes Conservation Area, there are several such challenging spots as…
HUGGING BIG TREES September 13 & September 15 There is a lone white pine at the O’Hara Mill Conservation Area near Madoc that stands proud and tall along the edge of Deer Creek. It even rivals most of those to be found along the Big Pines…
WATCHING THE FOUL AND THE LOATHSOME September 06 & September 08 About this time some years ago, a Belleville resident dropped by at the Quinte Conservation office with an object that he had found in the Moira River, right within the city. His curiosity was…