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April 27th — I checked on the wood frog eggs while out for my evening walk here at the farm. During my last inspection on April 19th, I’d found the eggs developing into tiny tadpoles with miniscule tails.
This evening, when I first arrived at the site of the egg mass, it was […]
As the weather warms up over the next few weeks, night-flying moths will become a common sight around the lamps and windows of our place. We don’t do anything special to attract moths and, in fact, we don’t leave exterior lights on too much. However, even with this small amount of light, each […]
A few days ago, Don said he saw 2 Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) perched in one of the conifers here at our farm. Since then, he’s been keeping an eye out for them and found a lone owl on a couple of subsequent occasions - always perched in the same conifer. Today, he […]
Last weekend, while hiking along Black Ance Road at Murphy’s Point Provincial Park, we stopped for a siesta on the banks of Black Creek. This is the same location where Sabrina found our first snake of the season.
I tossed my jacket on the ground and lay on my side while listening to […]
Latest update on the frog eggs as of the afternoon of April 19, 2006. The weather was sunny and quite warm. The temperature was approximately 70F (about 22C) by mid-afternoon. The tadpoles were starting to become recognizable as such — little heads with the smallest of tail sections. The egg mass […]