Ontario Nature Blog

As I watched the tail end of the evening news in my living room, I suddenly heard yelling and gloved hands clapping loudly outside. My first thought was coyotes. Sure enough, our two resident coyotes sauntered by on a lawn across the street, completely ignoring the human noise. The male is a handsome specimen. An ...

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The Government of Ontario has proposed to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA), which serves to protect species at risk and habitats they require to survive, with Bill 5 entitled “Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025”. This bill proposes to first make significant amendments to the ESA and then replace it altogether with ...

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There is beauty around every corner of Algonquin Provincial Park. Canada’s first provincial park hosts more than 45 species of mammals, 250 species of birds, and 30 species of reptiles and amphibians. This blog profiles five charismatic species that shape the park and make it such a magical place. 1. Moose Moose are best seen ...

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The federal government has just announced a crucial habitat protection order for the redside dace, a mighty minnow fighting for survival in and around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Under Section 58 of the Species at Risk Act this order now prohibits any destruction of the dace’s critical habitat in number of important watersheds, including ...

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As many as 42 million birds are killed in Canada each year by colliding with glass on buildings. Birds do not understand reflections and fail to detect glass that appears transparent. Collisions can happen anywhere where birds encounter glass windows, balcony railings or transportation shelters, and represent a leading source of bird deaths in the ...

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