Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Would May and warmer weather ever arrive, was a much heard question during much of April. Some unseasonably cool temperatures and frosty nights during late April left doubt in the minds of most birds if spring and warmer temperatures would ever arrive this year….
THE BIRDHOUSE NATURE STORE home of the famous “Right Stuff” bird feed 82 Main Street, Brighton 613-475-9510 BIRDFEEDING HAS BECOME BIG BUSINESS – MAKE SURE YOU FEED “THE RIGHT STUFF” AND NOT THE WRONG STUFF! In Birdfeeding Workshops that I conducted back in the…
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…
POINT PETRE – A Birder’s Paradise ( review by Terry Sprague) Recorded right at Prince Edward County’s Point Petre, this latest Earthhaven CD from Oasis Productions is sure to please. It was while I was having dinner with our neighbours awhile back when I…
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…
FIELD GUIDE TO BUTTERFLIES LONG OVERDUE The field guide was out of date before it was even launched! This frustrating experience happens to all authors of field guides and reference books when they deal with something as dynamic as wildlife.. And, so it was…
A humorous look at growing up on the family farm in Prince Edward County by Terry Sprague, 2011 1,000 copies sold! Now out of print. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT “UP BEFORE FIVE” “A story of farming life riddled with humour and characters from…