Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
The book launch at Books and Company in Picton on December 20th, 2015 was a huge success with the date coinciding with the arrival of my 71st birthday! To see a few photos of the celebration, scroll down to the bottom of this page. …
OUTDOOR RAMBLES with Terry Sprague REFLECTIONS ON FIFTY YEARS AS A COLUMNIST (Thursday, December 18, 2014) Not enough people remember the late Phil Dodds. Phil was a tireless volunteer who was active in service clubs, was a familiar face at Picton Fair every year,…
OX-EYE DAISY SNACKS My late father never worried too much about weeds on the farm. Crop rotation generally kept most weeds in check, and a sharpened hoe did an adequate job in keeping them out of our potato patch and tomato fields. I know,…
My latest book, The Two of Us, is now available. Current retail outlets are being posted below as they are finalized. Price is $25.00, and can also be purchased directly from me by e-transfer. (tsprague@xplornet.com), or from any one of the following retail outlets….
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FIELD GUIDE TO BUTTERFLIES LONG OVERDUE The field guide was out of date before it was even launched!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…