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We Were On Land and Sea!
[PHOTO CREDIT: DF MCALPINE -NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM] I previously wrote about spending a couple days with a CBC camera crew for an upcoming episode of Land and Sea on…
A View Of The Great Lakes!
[PHOTO CREDIT] Check out this amazing image of the Great Lakes! It was taken by American astronaut Karen Nybeg from the International Space Station and shows Lake Erie, Lake Ontario,…
Have You Seen Any Of These Caterpillars?
[PHOTO CREDIT: BRENDA DEROCHE – CWF PHOTO CONTEST] They are called wooly bear caterpillars and this fall my family and I are seeing a lot of them – mostly on…
Did You Know…..
[PHOTO CREDIT: ISABELLE MAROZZO – CWF PHOTO CONTEST] Did you know that blue jays are not really blue? Their blue colouration does not come from pigments but rather by the…
How Many Birds Die In Canada Each Year From Human Activities?
[CWF PHOTO CONTEST PICTURE SUBMITTED BY MRS. DEBBIE OPPERMANN] A new study was released by Environment Canada that shows how human activities in Canada affect wild birds, and the numbers…
Bat Citizen Science Opportunities
[CWF PHOTO CONTEST PICTURE SUBMITTED BY JADENE GRIMON] There are several programs in Canada focusing on bat citizen science. They generally fall into these areas: reporting maternity colonies; emergence counts…
Listing Bats In Canada
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] North America has 48 different species of bats and 6 of them have experienced significant mortality due to white-nose syndrome. The species hardest hit are…
Watching Robin’s Grow
For the past couple of summers my family and I have had a robin nest on top of our hydro meter right outside our front door and this summer was…
WNS Continues to Spread
[PHOTO CREDIT: WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME.ORG] As you can see in the above map, white-nose syndrome continued to spread at a rapid pace during the 2012-2013 winter season. Nine new…
A New Bat Hero!
[PHOTO THE DAILY GLEANER FREDERICTON & REGION, MAY 22, 2013] This summer I will have a chance to meet Dara Glasby, a grade 2 student from New Brunswick. Dara’s passion…
