Dickson Den…?

Posted March 18, 2013

I set up my camera again at another den site.  There were obvious canine prints at and about the entrance but they appeared to be too small for coyote.   Instead, a Red Fox appeared (Vulpes vulpes).  Coyote seldom tolerate a fox nearby so I suspect the prints I see along the hedgerow behind Wrigley […]

Owl Pellet Fun

Posted March 16, 2013

Owl pellets contain the indigestible remains –  fur and bones – of prey eaten by owls.  Mrs. Pavlove’s grade 4 class dissected some at school  – they were studying food chains in the Habitats and Communities unit.  This is what they had to say… Dear Mr. Rasberry, Our class dissected the owl pellets today. They […]

Sap to Syrup in 3:58

Posted March 13, 2013

I edited a couple of movie clips together starting with sap dripping from the trees and ending with hot syrup being bottled.  It normally takes 8 hours to complete this process – you can see it in just 3 minutes 58 seconds.  On your mark, get set, go… [wpvideo 6M3fG8ot]

Super Sappy from the Sugar Shack

Posted March 12, 2013

I am typing this from inside the sugar shack where I am boiling off the sap that was collected yesterday, approx 700L, and the first batch of syrup for the day is really close to being ready. I should only be a few more minutes before I am filtering and bottling. It is an interesting […]

Avalanche!!

Posted March 12, 2013

Snow and ice on the roof of the sugar shack at the Camp Heidelberg Outdoor Ed. Centre has been creeping down the metal slope like a glacier to the sea.  With the sun and warm temperatures this past weekend, we were ducking and dashing through the doors so as not to be buried under the […]

Yearly visitor

Posted March 11, 2013

So every year at the Laurel Creek sugar bush, a lady shows up, walks out into the bush, dips a collapsable cup into a bucket of sap and drinks it. She says it’s good for her health.  This year, Fire Todd and Mary-Anne and I saw her walk in and stopped her for a picture.  We […]

Young & Sheppard

Posted March 1, 2013

Survival Day! (Because of Hatchet) Our class from Sheppard Public School read the novel Hatchet about survival.  We had the best day at Laurel Creek Outdoor Ed Center on February 11th 2013. First Sean took us in the woods to build shelters. Each group was trying to make a shelter the whole group could get […]

Snow White

Posted February 28, 2013

As you can imagine, last night’s snowfall provided a beautiful backdrop for the early part of the day. Every branch on every tree was coated with snow. I admired it as I drove to work and could not resist getting out of the car near the top of the driveway when I arrived. As I […]

Parkway Q & A

Posted February 26, 2013

A student from Parkway Public School sent me a few questions for a project she was working on. Here are her questions and my answers… Do you think we will survive global warming? Yes! Human beings will be around during and after global warming.  Maybe not as many as now, but certainly we’ll be around.  The […]

The Sudden Den Site

Posted February 15, 2013

There is an animal den in the Sudden Tract, very close to where my classes go to play the Instincts for Survival game.  In the past I have found Coyote tracts going in and out of the den.  However, this winter the Coyotes are gone and something else has moved in.  I used a Bushnell […]

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