Here is a sequence of photos of a pair of White-breasted Nuthatches that nested this summer in our backyard bluebird box (two compartments). The pictures include feeding the chicks and the nest box after the chicks fledged on July 20, 2015. A beautiful experience. Unfortunately they fledged when we were Read more…
August 16: Our hummingbird feeder has been busy this summer. The hummers of course enjoy it, but also we have had orioles feeding almost the entire summer. This morning, this a Downy Woodpecker thought he might give it a try…..sweet tooth I guess !! Regards, Nancy Cafik
AUGUST 25: “We have four juvenile Merlins that we see and hear playing and squawking in our yard almost daily, albeit less in the last few days. We even saw one of them flying briefly with a Bald Eagle. We live on Young’s Point Road, between Lakefield and Young’s Point.” Read more…
August 26: Always nice to come across something new (to us) almost literally on our own doorstep, a Blue-spotted salamander, or maybe that should be Blue spotted/Jefferson salamander, as the very informative Ontario Nature website explains. Click here. I’ve included a small photo for scale – from tip to tail, Read more…
September 10, 2015 Written by: Anne Meador and John Zangas Source: DC Media Group – The repercussions of climate disruption are still not being acknowledged fully, warned climatologist Dr. James Hansen, addressing an audience of Baby Boomer and Greatest Generation climate activists on September 9. “We’ve now got an emergency,” Read more…