We have a sweet smelling Abelia shrub that is proving to be very popular with the insect population. Visitors this month include our first and so far only Monarch, a Black Swallowtail, a White Admiral, and two hawkmoths, including the Hummingbird Clearwing and the Nessus Sphinx, the latter new to Read more…
I went out early both Saturday and Sunday (June 18 and 19, 2016) on Lower Buckhorn lake and took these pictures. Robin Blake
On April 14, at around 4:00 PM, I stopped at the corner of Woodland Drive and the Lakefield Highway because the spring peepers, chorus and leopard frogs were calling. I walked to the edge of the water on the north side of Woodland. I was standing on the shoulder of Read more…
A visiting dog alerted us to something of interest under a parked truck, and upon investigation, we found an adult Eastern Hog-nosed Snake. The top was dark in colour with definite black blotches behind the eyes, and the belly was yellow. It had the unmistakable “nose” and used its protection Read more…
I was working in a friend’s garden at his farm on Settlers Line near Keene this afternoon, June 4. I moved a plastic bag of manure I’d laid over another bag last fall and found a snake I’d never seen before, under the top bag. I’ve looked it up and Read more…
This Northern Watersnake took a little break on our lawn on May 4. We are right beside a large marsh area along the Indian River, so we suspect it might have been going from a rock crevice or leaf litter toward the water. Anyway, it was very calm and let Read more…