Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
INSECTS THAT SPIT June 14 & June 16 It is spittlebugs that we are seeing right now. Or, at least, it’s the white froth trickling from plants that is getting our attention. The spittlebug is cleverly hidden inside this froth. One columnist friend of mine who…
GETTING KIDS INVOLVED June 07 & June 09 The successful Prince Edward County Birding Festival, held this year during the week of May 14th, actually had its humble beginnings back in 1997. In its formative years, and through its years of struggle, and now, celebrating the…
REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST WEEK May 31 & June 02 “Wasn’t that Sprague who just flew by in that Jeep Cherokee?”“Think so. Saw him earlier this morning on Hilltop Road in the south part of the County. He was out measuring the water depth with a…
ROADSIDE FLATTENED FAUNAMay 24 & May 26 Remember that peculiar song several years back, “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road, Stinking to High Heaven? I’m reminded of that song every time I come across the carcass of a skunk along the roadside.I noticed…
WEEDS AND WILDFLOWERSMay 17 & May 19 During the very successful Birding Festival this week in Prince Edward County, I found myself identifying not only birds, but wildflowers, bushes and trees for curious visitors, many of whom had come from afar. Most I have been…
WILDLIFE IN THE BACKYARDMay 03 & May 05There is something very therapeutic about mowing grass. I do some of my most serious pondering when I am behind a lawn mower, and many a column has been created to the roar of a Briggs &…
THE WEATHER FROM ALOFTApril 26 & April 28I just finished watching the movie “The Weatherman”. Nicholas Cage does a fine job portraying a television meteorologist who is constantly pelted with fast food from moving cars for no other reason except he predicted unacceptable weather.For as…
SHEFFIELD OFFERS A LOOK AT THE NORTH April 19 & April 21It was the first thing we saw when we pulled into the parking lot at Sheffield Conservation Area, south of Kaladar. A full size consul television sat at the edge of the parking lot, surrounded…
SPECIAL MEMORIES ARE RELAXING April 12 & April 14I stopped in to see an old friend the other day. She wasn’t home, and hasn’t been for some time, as she passed away several years ago. But the cottage where this charming Estonian lady used to come nearly…
SPECIAL PLACES, SPECIAL FROGS April 05 & April 07 We have been talking about frogs a lot these past couple of weeks. Mostly, it has been at a series of workshops I conducted on wildlife monitoring. People seem to like frogs, and I guess that…