© Lora Denis
Photo: American kestrel by wabatson
My hairdresser asked me a question this weekend. “So you see a bird”, he said, “and then what?” And it got me thinking. It may well be that there’s something inherently pointless about birding. Unlike almost everything else in my life, there’s no tangible goal when I go out birding. I see a bird, I ...
American eel © EricksonSmith CC BY-SA 2.0
Hello Ontario Nature readers, my name is Amirah El-Safty. Today, I’d like to talk to you a little bit about the American eel. The American eel is a freshwater species of eel, in Canada you should be able to find them living in just about any fresh body of water, estuary or coastal marine waters ...
During a visit to a Norfolk County farm last spring, I was reminded how the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program helps to bring the farming and conservation communities together to work towards a shared vision: a healthy and productive countryside in Ontario. On a former tobacco farm in Norfolk County, Bryan and Cathy Gilvesy ...
Rouge Park Christmas Bird Count © Noah Cole
This year, one of my new year’s resolutions was to take the true birding plunge and start keeping a list. Apart from choosing a new notebook, this also entailed a slew of other decisions. What constitutes a list? Will I keep a life list? A year list? A seasonal list? Will I subdivide my list ...
Laurel Creek Conservation Area © Carl Hiebert / Grand River Conservation Authority