Birding by ear: rose-breasted grosbeak

Opening the back door this morning, I heard a rose-breasted grosbeak squeak at me from the neighbour’s tree. He sat long enough for…

A pressed ash leaf

This summer I noticed some unexpected trees deep in the woods, high on a ridge near the cottage. Compound leaves like these are…

Woollybear caterpillars are a common sight this time of year. Danny and I keep finding them on our walks, which we have been…

Most of the wildflowers are past. All but a few butterflies and dragonflies have disappeared. But as the softening golden light of September…

On a Sunday morning photo ramble through the conservation area, I encountered this demure but lovely butterfly. It is Cercyonis pegala, the common…

Cypripedium acaule is one of the treasures of our cottage property. This not-so-discrete lady shows her stuff every spring, but usually in early…

On Sunday morning I ran my annual route for the international Breeding Bird Survey. It is one of my favourite events of the…

The longest day of the year has inspired rituals and celebrations for as long as our ancestors turned their eyes to the sky…

This guest post by Mike Lepage is adapted by permission from a recent note to the Wellington County birding email hotline. I…

On a recent trip to the country, I was delighted to get a close look at some barn swallows at Reroot Organic Farm….