Ontario Nature Blog

Valentine’s day is coming up, and you may be panicking over what to get the bird lover in your life. With only two days left, you may be perusing websites, horrified by the cost of purchasing new, superlative optics. Maybe a Tilley hat? Too obvious, and impersonal. I can help. Here is a list of ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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People often ask me about my favorite bird. Though I’ll always be partial to my spark bird,  the red winged blackbird,  it seems that my favorite bird changes every time I go out birding.

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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 ...

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