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Miraculous Metamorphosis
[PHOTOS: SARAH COULBER] I’m the sort that gets rather nervous at the idea of bringing in a wild animal for observation. For starters, it’s usually illegal. But I’m not talking…
How Are Canada’s Birds Doing?
[Photo Credit: CWF Photo Contest Entry Submitted By Jeff Sorbie] North American Bird Conservation Initiative Canada recently released their new report The State of Canada’s Birds, 2012. Did you know…
Love Your Lake Shoreline Project
Have you been voting for the Love Your Lake Shoreline Project? Last week I had the opportunity to do some training on a lake in Renfrew County for this project…
White-Nose Syndrome: What It Means For New Brunswick’s Bats
The conclusion from our last field season is that White-nose Syndrome (WNS) is spreading rapidly in New Brunswick. By the time we finished our final cave visits in April, 9…
What a Bird’s Colouration Can Tell You!
Image Credit A UK team led by researchers from Liverpool John Moores University studied Gouldian finches, highly sociable Australian birds. In their newly published study, they show that the head colour of…
Practice Makes Perfect
[PHOTO CREDIT CWF PHOTO CONTEST, DESIREE DYCK] While I knew birds use song for a variety of purposes such as to attract mates and to defend territories, I had no…
The North Saskatchewan River
[Photo Credit] Here we are at the North Saskatchewan River. “Kisiskatchewan” or the “swift-flowing river” of the Cree begins in the Columbia Icefields of the Rocky Mountains, travels across Alberta…
Ancient Plant Blooms Again
[PHOTO] When you look at this plant, imagine a wooly mammoth or saber-toothed cat walking by. “What on earth?” you might say…although “when on earth” might be more relevant. This…
Urban Runoff and Your Local Stream
[Photo Credit] Did you know that urban runoff is the main source of toxic chemicals for urban streams? With the warm temperatures many of us experienced last week and will…
Check Out The Tracks – Rodents and Rabbits
tracks of squirrel (left) and snowshoe hare (right) mouse tracks [PHOTO: CWF] Recent weeks in my neck of the woods have included a couple of short warm spells. This…
