With Covid an over-riding part of our lives, many folks have begun to see and appreciate nature like never before! Whenever we encounter...

For the past couple of columns I have been introducing you to the signs wild things leave when they share our landscape with us. We...

We often see animal tracks but do we really know the story they’re trying to tell us? There are lots of clues to watch out for, let’s...

I raised three wonderful children and two of them are now raising children of their own. I know how tough it is to amuse kids when times...

Birdwatchers get very excited on December 31st as they know that a new year and a new migration is coming soon. The days will get longer...

Each winter throughout the latter part of the 19th century, sportsmen would gather to compete in an annual bird hunt called “side hunts”....

I have always marvelled at flying squirrels and their unusual abilities and biology. There are two possible species that can be found in...

Correction: My last column was about bird feeding and bird feeders, but it inadvertently was published under the title “Japanese Beetles”...

The last few days have been really exciting, bird-wise, as hawks, ducks, geese, loons and many small passerines (e.g. kinglets, sparrows...

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When I sat down and put finger to keyboard (pen to paper for you older folks!), I planned to write about how birds in general find each...

I get both excited and saddened at this time of year. In the spring, I await the return of the birds and then all summer long I enjoy...

This has been an odd summer, as so many insects appear in perilously low numbers, while others appear in abundance. But why is it the...

As a naturalist I wonder about things, sometimes obvious things, sometimes odd things, but always interesting things. Today’s thought...

This year seems to be a good year for Gypsy Moths and a bad year for people who love their trees! Never seen one? This might be the best...

DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Scugog author, and longtime nature columnist for The Standard, Geoff Carpentier has won the 2020 Carl...

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Wildlife live precarious lives that are wrought with good and bad events. Difficult migrations from their wintering grounds to the...

This is the time of year when almost every bird is nesting. Their frenzied activity ensures, in the tight window, when weather permits,...

As I sit and put finger to keyboard, it used to be pen to paper (LOL), I think back to an unexpected encounter I had the other night. My...