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A couple of days ago, in my hiking report from Mill Pond Conservation Area, I wrote about some trees that are marked with numerals written in blue paint. We first noticed the marked stand of trees in one region of the forest some time ago – I can’t quite remember when, but it’s probably been […]
Green Frog (Rana clamitans) in the hands of a Grade 10 science student during a one-day stream survey workshop on the Jock River near Ottawa (May 2004). Earlier today, Wayne and I got into a small discussion in the comments that followed my post from a couple of days ago. In essence, we were batting […]
This morning, when I opened the front door to let Sabrina out, I was confronted by an unfamiliar sight — ice crystals on the glass of the storm door! I say “unfamiliar” as such crystal formations don’t seem to occur as often as in the Old Days. Until recent years, the inner side of the […]
My friend, Jim Poushinsky, sent this photo of the Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor) that apparently stowed away in his house to spend the winter. As first mentioned last week, the frog was discovered after family members reported loud high-pitched chipping calls from various parts of the house on an almost daily basis. Deciding that, […]
Lucky? What could be so lucky about having many of your birch trees bent over until they look more like croquet hoops??? (click on image for larger view) I say “lucky” because it could have been worse…. much worse. While Friday night’s ice storm may have done some damage to the birch, it looks like […]
Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd by Karsten Heuer McClelland & Stewart, 2006 235 pages Recently, I posted a review of the documentary Being Caribou. Having enjoyed the movie, I decided to read Heuer’s book in the hope that it would fill in more of the details of this epic journey […]
Yesterday, Don and I spent the afternoon hiking the trails at Murphys Point Provincial Park. A favourite walk takes us on a route that crosses Black Creek twice. Each time we do this hike, I try to remember to shoot photos of the creek from roughly the same vantage points. I’ve been doing so for […]