Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
ME AND OTHER ANIMALS by David Hall I share my home with animals, haphazardly and unintentionally. I thought at first that animals were a nuisance and with usual urban logic thought they should be dealt with. Call someone. I resisted this tendency preferring a laissez-faire…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E ONE THIRD OF ONTARIO SPECIES ARE AT RISK Thursday, June 11, 2009 They nested in apple trees, and they nested in the hawthorns and quite often…
LIFE ABOUNDS IN A ROTTING LOG June/July, 2009 issue There is an old log on one of the hiking trails at Algonquin Provincial Park that dates back to 1890. Loggers back then had felled a giant white pine, and after taking off the top…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E UNDER THE SOIL THERE IS A LOT OF ROCK Thursday, May 28, 2009 From the high bluffs of Point Traverse, under almost any kind of viewing…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E BEYOND THE RED CEDAR Thursday, May 14, 2009 Many of us take for granted the stands of shagbark hickory, black walnut and black maple that grow…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E LIVING ON THE EDGE Thursday, April 30, 2009 It probably doesn’t sound very flattering to say that Prince Edward County is like a lopsided layer cake. …
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E LONG POINT IS OUR VERY OWN POINT PELEE Thursday, April 16, 2009 It seems quite appropriate that locals refer to the entire South Marysburgh Township peninsula…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E COUNTY IS ISLAND OF ISLANDS Thursday, April 02, 2009 On a clear day, the lighthouse appears as a white speck on the distant horizon. Quite remarkable…
MIGRATING BIRDS FACE MANY HAZARDS April/May, 2009 issue I get many telephone calls from concerned people who find dead birds. Understandably, most want to know why the bird may have died. While there are sometimes obvious causes, often their time has simply come, and…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E SANDBANKS IS A RARE GEM IN THE COUNTY Thursday, March 19, 2009 Every summer, the population of Prince Edward County jumps from 25,000 to over half…