Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
SOAP OPERA AT THE FRINK CENTRE July 12 & July 14 Sometimes it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature, but doing so can provide us with unique opportunities to catch her unawares. Wetland species are known for their secret lives, and many have a limited interest…
THE STEAM ERA ON QUINTE WATERS June 28 & June 30 Birdhouse City, located in Quinte Conservation’s Macaulay Mountain Conservation Area, continues to attract visitors as it did in the early 1980s when it first opened. The first birdhouse that people usually focus on is The…
THE FINE ART OF KAYAKING June 21 & June 23 I remember the first time I got into a kayak almost a decade ago. It looked so slender and unstable, I wasn’t sure if I would remain upright, and if I didn’t, would gravity kick in…
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…