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This is the first of what will probably be a small barrage of posts on nature sightings from the past few days. It seems that I’m seeing a lot right at the moment, so I’ll be trying to do some catch-up on photos and notes. At the end of June, I wrote a piece about […]
We’re back into the hot weather here. Tomorrow’s forecast shows 35C (around 95F). Don and I spent most of yesterday paddling up Kemptville Creek above Oxford Mills. There’s a put-in spot in the small park just above the dam (see above – click on all images for a larger view). As canoe trips go, this […]
You’re wandering along an overgrown trail, constantly scanning the vegetation for moths, butterflies, other insects and spiders. An odd swollen knot on the branch of a small tree catches your eye. It’s a little lighter than the rest of the bark — sort of mottled, probably with the same lichen that’s growing in patches on […]
I’m having a busy morning here and haven’t yet put anything together to post for today. I may have something later this afternoon or tonight. However, I would like to direct all of the herpers (and all naturalists for that matter) to a couple of very interesting posts on A Blog Around The Clock. They […]
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 nowhere 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 has become a bit […]
On April 12th, I reported on the appearance of this season’s first Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) eggs in the old drainage ditch (little creek) here at the farm. I’ve been checking up on them daily and have shot a few photos, but there hadn’t been too much change until yesterday. Last evening, I went back […]