Category: Nature Knowledge
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5 Ontario wildflowers to spot this spring
The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and splashes of beautiful colour are beginning to pop up in parks. Spring wildflowers bloom for only a short amount of time, and we’ve got our sights set on spotting as many as we can! Here are five beautiful ephemerals you may find on your spring adventures:
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Take a rainbow walk at Ontario Parks
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While we’ll be donning our head-to-toe green, we’ve got our eyes set on something grander… …finding the rainbow!
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Kettle Lakes: a land shaped by icebergs
The deep green boreal forest of Kettle Lakes Provincial Park contains 22 beautiful little lakes. Of these lakes, 20 are actually called “kettle lakes” by geographers. So what is a “kettle lake?” To answer that question, we first must look at how kettles are formed.
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My summer as a Discovery ranger at Grundy Lake
Today’s blog was written by Justin Sallans, Discovery ranger at Grundy Lake Provincial Park. As someone who has always loved nature, working as a Discovery ranger at Grundy Lake Provincial Park was the perfect choice for me. Not only did I get to live and work in the park, but I also had the opportunity…
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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Today’s blog was written by Jessica Stillman, Discovery program project coordinator. What is ferocious like a lion, fast like a tiger, or hibernates like a bear? These three amazing insects! Antlions, tiger beetles, and Woolly Bear Caterpillars might not be the first things that pop into your mind when you think of a furry or ferocious…
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Hands off park wildlife!
Protected areas are fascinating places. If you’re lucky, during your visit you may spot a wide variety of wildlife who call these parks home. However, you may not always see healthy animals. In these natural spaces, you could see animals that look sick, injured, or orphaned. We know you want to help wildlife, but helping…
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From Discovery team to butterfly biologist
Today’s blog was written by Michelle Polley, a Master’s student conducting research at Pinery Provincial Park where she formerly worked as a Discovery ranger. I had never been lucky enough to camp at a provincial park. So when I started my first summer on the Discovery team at Pinery Provincial Park, I didn’t know what…
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Wildlife parenting strategies
This blog comes from Laura Penner, a Discovery Program Group Leader at Rondeau Provincial Park. As a naturalist and a mother of three, I find great joy in catching rare glimpses of wildlife taking care of their young. This looks so different from species to species. It could be a female oriole meticulously weaving grasses into an…