Beginners’ vermiculture
This weekend I brought home a brand new Worm Chalet. Finally, after having only thought and talked about it for years, I’ve embarked…
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Feeder birds
Our house backs onto Hanlon Creek Conservation Area, so it seemed an ideal place to feed the birds this winter. We expected to…
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Weekend retreat
[slickr-flickr id=”12687067@N00″ type=”gallery” tag=”butterfletch1″] I retreated to the cottage for the weekend. Sunday morning I photographed these three butterfly species within five minutes…
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Shifting to local food
In recent months I have shifted dramatically toward consuming more locally produced food. I began buying into the idea years ago, but putting…
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Intense lightning
Last night we were hit with one of the most frightening thunderstorms I can remember. It started with violent gusts of wind that…
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White-nose syndrome spreads to Canadian bats
Canadian Wildlife Federation reports in the article Is this Goodnight? that a fungal disease decimating hibernating bat populations in the United States has…
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Eastern screech-owl
Last night, my partner and I received a mysterious and memorable visitation. With the sun setting behind the Church of Our Lady, we…
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Mixed-flock swallow phenomenon
Over the weekend I witnessed interesting behaviour in a flock of swallows along the Speed River. Friday afternoon on the way home from…
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Arboretum spring walk
[slickr-flickr id=”12687067@N00″ type=”gallery” tag=”arb1104″] On Easter Monday my partner and I went for a stroll at University of Guelph Arboretum. Nowhere is resurrection…
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