Tag: Species at Risk
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The flight of the Prothonotary Warbler
Today’s post comes from Jess Matthews, chief park naturalist at Rondeau Provincial Park. Special thanks to Kevin Gevaert for providing Prothonotary Warblers photos! Close your eyes. Try to imagine a spring with no birdsong. A spring without flashes of colour flitting through the bushes. A silent forest void of oranges, yellows, blues, and reds… …it…
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5 cool facts about skinks
If you’ve ever seen a Five-lined Skink, you know just how neat they are! The Five-lined Skink, which looks a bit like a salamander, is the only lizard species native to Ontario. And while researchers continue to study skinks, we still don’t know very much about what they do on a day-to-day basis, particularly from…
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The very hungry caterpillars
Note: this blog is about the non-native, highly invasive moth species Lymantria dispar dispar, which we have previously referred to as the Gypsy Moth or by the acronym LDD. In this article, we will refer to the moth using its new common name, Spongy Moth. If you’ve seen an Ontario oak tree recently, you’ve likely…
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Saving the unseen: managing habitat for Eastern Whip-poor-will at Pinery
For some, it’s the song of summertime. For others, it’s the song that signals impending doom. It was part of what made Hank Williams (so) lonesome, but many consider its presence far too surrounding. Whatever your interpretation, it’s easy to learn this bird’s classic “WHUP-poor-WILL” song.
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Forever protected: why MacGregor Point belongs
Our “Forever Protected” series shares why each and every park belongs in Ontario Parks. In today’s post, Kathleen Houlahan Chayer tells us MacGregor Point’s story. I worked as the Discovery Leader at MacGregor Point Provincial Park for four years, but it wasn’t really until I started working at Pinery (another park that I’m glad is…
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The Breeding Bird Atlas at Ontario Parks!
We’re midway through an exciting five years for Ontario Parks (2021-2025)! We’re supporting the third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas: an enormous community science initiative that aims to survey all the province’s breeding birds. It’s a big job, so if you like birds and care about their conservation, we could use your help!
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Just keep swimming: the perilous journey of turtle hatchlings
Today’s post comes from Olivia Pomajba, a summer student at Rondeau Provincial Park. A turtle hatchling making its way to water reminds us of the perilous journey we all face in life. The world must seem incredibly vast to these centimetre-long hatchlings, and they face many challenges.