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We’re now into the homestretch of the Blogger BioBlitz week. I and others will be wrapping up our surveys of chosen areas over the weekend, and then working to compile the data to send to the team that will be putting together the final tallies. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to check […]
Diurnal Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca) resting atop a bright yellow Xanthoria species of lichen which is growing over a Physcia aipolia lichen. This is just an update to let everyone know that I haven’t fallen off the face of the Blogger BioBlitz map — at least, not yet! I skipped posting yesterday to concentrate on taking […]
Our second day of bioblitzing took place at a couple of our favourite conservation areas in the Lanark Highlands region of eastern Ontario. We didn’t encounter anything near as exciting as the encounter with the snapping turtle seen the previous day, but we did discover many wonderful little surprises that might have been overlooked if […]
Yesterday, we spent much of the afternoon at two of our favourite places – Baird Woods, and Purdon Bog, both of which are located in the Lanark Highlands. We did some bioblitzing while hiking around. I’ll post some photos and a report on that in the next day or so. Today, I’m getting started blitzing […]
We decided to kick off our week of bioblitzing by recording interesting sightings while hiking a couple of sections of the trail system at Murphys Point Provincial Park here in eastern Ontario. We set out around noon and finished up a little over three hours later. We didn’t try to count absolutely everything, as that […]
I’ve been watching for the first appearance of Twice-stabbed Lady Beetles (Chilocorus stigma) for several days. They’re very tiny and not so easy to find unless you know where to look. As it happens, they may be found wandering over the lichen-covered bark of Trembling Aspen, which we have quite a lot of here at […]
This was the scene in the field across the road earlier today. A small flock of geese swimming in a row down a narrow creek. Unfortunately, it seems that some geese have no imagination and can’t play along with the illusion. As you can see, it’s just a puddle and not a creek. Last weekend, […]