Tag: Species at Risk
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Keeping turtles off the hook
Today’s post comes from Amy Tanner, Biology/Ecology Intern with Ontario Parks’ Southwest Zone. Before heading out for a fun day of fishing, we all go through our checklists. Have we got: our licence? our safety equipment, from PFD to sunscreen? our fishing gear? But here are two questions many people don’t ask: what other living…
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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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Bobo-what?
When Bobolinks are mentioned in mixed audiences, you invariably get muffled laughter, quizzical looks and finally the question, “A bobo-what?” Bobolinks are small songbirds in the same family as grackles and meadowlarks. The breeding male is most recognizable by its black body and white back with a buff patch at the nape.
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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.…