Ontario Nature Blog

International Women’s Day, last Friday, presents an ideal opportunity to celebrate illustrious women birders. The remarkable Phoebe Snetsinger comes to mind immediately,  she was the first person to acquire a ...

Read More

On a stormy midwinter morning, conservation staff Laura Robson, Megan Anevich, James Paterson and I piled into a car and set out on a road trip to visit the Altberg ...

Read More

This weekend, I saw a new side to nature. On Saturday, I joined the welcoming and highly knowledgeable birders of the Toronto Ornithological Club on an outing to Humber Bay ...

Read More

Now that February is nearly over, I have excitedly started planning for spring migration. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved winter birding, and this winter has felt particularly rich and ...

Read More

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 ...

Read More