Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Poster courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology
No doubt you have noticed as you have been driving the back roads this past month, birds flitting around in grassy meadows and darting from bush to bush. This month we check out the “little brown jobs,” the sparrows. They are passing through right…
When I used to work for a conservation authority in Picton, one of my jobs in early spring was to visit all the local schools and warn the kids of the dangers of playing too closely to fast flowing water and flooded areas. One…
The idea for this month`s places to bird came from an experience at a little insignificant pond south of Milford about 14 years ago. It is a combination of two small ponds – farm ponds they appear to be, likely spring fed as there…
Before the snow flies and the ground freezes, now would be a good time to dig up a few Jerusalem artichokes , (Helianthus tuberosus) if you have them in your garden, or know where some might be growing. For years, I grew them in…
When I worked at Sandbanks Provincial Park as a park naturalist about 10 years ago, I always used to mix up a batch of wild tea and offer it to the campers who attended my evening programs. Usually, they would clean up the entire…
Since 2015, the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists, along with experts from Prince Edward County and across Ontario, lead teams of volunteers and the interested public, through a different natural area every June in effort to catalogue birds, insects, plants, amphibians and reptiles. A…
Photo by and story by Luke Hendry, Belleville Intelligencer Conservation comes naturally to Elizabeth Churcher and George Thomson. The Tweed residents are this year’s winners of the Ontario Nature Education Award for their efforts to promote conservation and share their knowledge. It was one…
Chalk One up for Mother Nature by John Lowry I have long included myself in the ranks of those who seek solace in the deep woods. I find sanctuary in the splendours of the forest. They are my refuge from the hectic pace of…