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Eastern Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) near Charleston Lake - May 16, 2004.
This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for awhile. In fact, I was almost certain I had already written about this, but when I checked, nope! So, as there’s still snow on the ground, and I’m feeling very antsy […]
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This is my Darwin Day tribute to Charles Robert Darwin, born Feb. 12, 1809. Originally, I set out to create something rather different, but changed my plans when I realized that they were far too ambitious. In the […]
This is a post in a series about favourite moments of nature observation that have occurred over the past couple or so years. It’ll help to pass the time spent indoors this winter as I wait to be back out observing insects, spiders, frogs and others.
We’re just about to take off for a day […]
Sometimes it turns out that the most simple thing can really make your day. That happened to me on Sunday while hiking at Kejimkujik National Park. After hiking the Gold Mines Trail, we stopped at Grafton Lake to do a bit of hiking around. While checking out the old dam and […]
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 […]