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Nathan's Nature Adventure Blog: September 2014
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014. Things are about to pick up! While the weather has been phenomenal the past week or so, it seems to have stalled the southward migration of many birds, and things have been relatively stagnant since the last post. Highlights in terms of birds have been few and far between. Although thanks to Ken Burrell (again) I was able to get some decent looks at my 238th Ontario bird species for the year, a Hudsonian Godwit at Conestoga Lake! Tuesday, 23 September 2014. Great Egret, not a ...
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Nathan's Nature Adventure Blog: January 2015
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Friday, 30 January 2015. Worst shot of a Varied Thrush.ever? Just in case you forgot what this beautiful species looks like, here is the one I saw last year in Guelph. Not the Waterloo varied Thrush. Saturday, 24 January 2015. Day Off Birding- Hamilton-Burlington. Young Red-tailed Hawk didn't want to look at me! A weird whitish Canada Goose on the left. The usual ducks were in the Burlington shipping canal. Long tailed Ducks and 2 White-winged Scoters. Tuesday, 20 January 2015. The Curse of the Blue Goose.
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Nathan's Nature Adventure Blog: Gems of Essex County - Butterflies and Plants
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Friday, 10 July 2015. Gems of Essex County - Butterflies and Plants. I spent the better part of this week in Essex County, Canada's far south, and was able to track down a few rare species including some that barely make it into Canada! We visited some sites near Windsor including Ojibway Prairie. Here are a few of the highlights. Hickory Hairstreak were found in a few locations, this species is designated as Vulnerable in Ontario. Definitely the highlight of the trip was catching this Duke's Skipper!
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Nature Nuggets: June 2015
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015. Linear hiking in Chatham-Kent. I was involved in the inventory of the 34 km section of the east half of this corridor in 2012. At that time, we found some new plants for C-K, as well as several populations of Species At Risk. Several very small patches of endangered Tallgrass Prairie habitat were discovered as well. This year we are covering the west 34 km section and we are hoping for similar interesting discoveries. Wetland adjacent to woodland. Frogs are widespread, although not...
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Ontario Field Biology: August 2015
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Monday, August 24, 2015. A couple of weeks back I had the chance to do some work in Renfrew County. Despite some demanding terrain I had a great time and with the exception of a bat acoustic survey on a sand bar one night, the mosquitoes were non-existent. Here are a few photos from the trip. Fireweed ( Chamerion angustifolium. Otherwise known as Hardhack. In comparison with Narrow-leaved Meadowsweet ( S. alba. Sp", I took the latter option in this case. Growing on a rock barren among an open canopy of s...
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Nathan's Nature Adventure Blog: December 2014
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Wednesday, 31 December 2014. One more for 2014- White-winged Crossbill, Waterloo. This is a beautiful species of winter finch that shows up in our region irregularly during the winter. It has a really neat "crossed" bill that helps it pry open conifer cones such as hemlock and spruce. This bird was hanging around with some House Finches at this feeder. The bird finally returned to the feeder and I got a few closer photos. Glaucous Gull- middle top. Tuesday, 30 December 2014. In 2014 I saw 250 birds speci...
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Nathan's Nature Adventure Blog: July 2015
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Tuesday, 28 July 2015. A Weekend in Algonquin Provincial Park. I spent the last weekend with my wife Caitlyn in Algonquin Park to celebrate our anniversary, and it was a fantastic little visit! I have shared some photos of our trip below. It being Caitlyn's first real canoe trip, it was only three days, and we didn't go too far in (just to Little Doe). Nonetheless, Algonquin Park delivered another stellar performance. A familiar scene, launching the boat at Canoe Lake. This time we will be heading far in...
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Ontario Field Biology: Insects in Essex
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. I've spent the last couple of days in Essex County for work and although my tasks focused on vegetation surveys, the insect diversity stole the show. My co-worker Nathan is great with his odonate identification and pointed out this pair of Blue-fronted Dancer ( Argia apicalis. An attractive sedge, Gray's Sedge ( Carex grayii. The large, round mace-like structure is hard to miss. Known from the Ojibway Prairie Complex. Duke's Skipper were found at a couple of spots. After work, a ...
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Ontario Field Biology: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. I spotted my first Least Skipper of the year. About the size of my thumbnail, these are Ontario's smallest butterfly. You can easily distinguish them from other skippers like the European Skipper by the elongated abdomen which extends out past the hind wings. Sticking my head into the forest I found a small patch of Virginia Stickweed. Which has narrower leaves, appressed pubescence and limited barbs on the seeds. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Cooling off at Pinehurst Lake CA. A nice GRC...
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Ontario Field Biology: April 2015
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Holy Smokies Part I. I just got back last night from my first trip to the Smoky Mountains; wow, what a spot! In speaking with a friend last summer that has been a number of times I knew I had to experience the spring wildflowers at their peak. I'm going through a tonne of photos but thought I'd share a few tonight. The trip was certainly plant-heavy, fuelled by the diverse greenery (which changed it's composition every hundred yards) and my co-worker and fellow field botanist And...
