First batch of syrup 2015

Posted March 16, 2015

We made our first syrup of the year today at Laurel Creek. Lots of friends around to help.  

Thursday the Rabbit Got Eaten

Posted March 3, 2015

Last Thursday as I was leaving Laurel Creek, a red-tailed hawk was eating a rabbit beside our driveway. I didn’t have a camera, but the next day, this was the scene in the snow.  

Shrew and Tell

Posted February 26, 2015

Mrs. Solazzo caught a shrew in our school with her hat. She brought it to our class and we did some research on our Ipads. We discovered that he liked to jump and he was silly. He also liked to go under his water dish and push it over. He made tunnels in our aquarium. He […]

Carbon Sink

Posted February 17, 2015

I don’t know if this says something about the tenacity of living things, or the state of our plumbing at the nature centre.

Wrigley Coyote Returns… and he brought a friend.

Posted February 13, 2015

The video Sean has been getting with his trail camera is fantastic.  He has inspired me to put mine out too.  I don’t want this to be a competition… I just think it will be fun to see what we can get on camera with a couple more of these things in the field. Last […]

Wily Trail Cam Video

Posted February 10, 2015

A couple of people have asked me why I haven’t posted any trail cam videos lately. For a couple of weeks I had the camera focused on the mink den (see previous posts). What I have learned about mink is that they don’t dilly-dally. The trail camera has a 1-3 second delay between the time […]

That Chickadee Feeling…

Posted February 4, 2015

Mr Maloney’s class was studying Biodiversity out to the Camp Heidelberg OEEC last week.  During their visit we took the opportunity to feed Black-capped Chickadees from our hands, which is always a thrill.  We had briefly discussed Frank Glew’s ‘That Chickadee Feeling’ where the child in the story describes the experience of a chickadee feeding […]

Pileated Woodpecker

Posted January 27, 2015

This morning, with the bird feeders empty following the weekend, I set off down to the forest to replenish the seed and suet supplies.  I heard the work of a nearby woodpecker and  felt a bit of a rush realizing it might be a pileated.  Peering up, and following the sound, I saw it was […]

Winter Nest Box Surprise!

Posted January 19, 2015

Last week while studying Winter Birds we decided to check out one of the nest boxes in the field.  “Will there be a bird in the box?” I asked.  Probably not, the class replied.  “Will there be a nest in the box?”  Maybe.  “Let’s look”, and I loosened the screw to flip open the front […]

Yesterday’s Hoar Frost

Posted January 15, 2015

Every surface was coated with shimmering ice-crystals, yesterday.  As the sun was rising, the back-lighting was stunning.  When I arrived at work, the trees surrounding the parking lot were quite spectacular.  I only took a couple of photos while standing beside the car, but I thought something was better than nothing…

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