Tag: Citizen Science
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Help us count the loons at Killarney
Calling all community scientists! Grab your paddle and join us for the 26th Annual Loon Counts at Killarney Provincial Park. Spring Count: Saturday, June 8, 2024 Summer Count: Saturday, August 10, 2024
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Making a weekend of the Killarney Spring Loon Count
Killarney Provincial Park is home to the sparkling white La Cloche Mountains, verdant green forests and brilliant blue lakes. Visitors come to hike, paddle and camp in these beautiful surroundings. Killarney is also a hotspot for “citizen science.” The park invites visitors to help them count things like butterflies, winter birds and that iconic northern…
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Beyond the light of the campfire
Today’s post comes from Park Naturalist Roger LaFontaine, a classically trained biologist and amateur Sasquatch researcher. He has spent nearly two decades researching and documenting the occurrence of Sasquatch in Ontario. I have always had an interest in the creatures that others were not fond of: invertebrates under a log, salamanders in the soil, nocturnal creepy…
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Summer bioblitzes at Algonquin
In honour of our 125th anniversary, our oldest provincial park, Algonquin, is hosting a bioblitz series! Join park naturalists for weekly programs where you will learn how to identify and inventory different species, as well as the importance of citizen science in protecting the biodiversity of our parks.
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7 amazing citizen science apps
You’re out in the woods and a bird flies by. Not sure what is it? There’s an app for that. Today’s smartphones make ideal field guides. Photograph a butterfly sipping nectar. Video a slow-moving turtle. Record a birdsong. Then look it up, find a match, and enter your geotagged observations in a virtual field book.…
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Billions travel Ontario's migration superhighways
Today’s post comes from Brad Steinberg, our Natural Heritage Education and Learning Coordinator. An avid birder, Brad identifies several “migration superhighways” and the role provincial parks play in protecting Canada’s Important Bird Areas. Being stuck in traffic sucks. Especially with young kids. This sentiment recently ran through my head while mired in bumper-to-bumper traffic on…
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Hunting dragons, discovering damsels
During the summer of 2015, several research projects were conducted at Murphys Point Provincial Park, but one in particular attracted the attention of staff and public alike. With long-handled nets in hand, park staff — led by expert volunteer Bev Edwards — could be seen thigh-deep in the vernal ponds, streams and lakes located within the…