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Climate, Covid-19 and the Birds
Annually, I do a Birdathon in support of projects designed to help or in some cases save Canadian birds. While this column today is a...
Colleen Green
May 28, 20203 min read
What’s so great about a dead tree?
We see them everyday and essentially most people just ignore them. Hundreds of thousands of dead trees were created a few years ago when...
Colleen Green
May 14, 20203 min read
Healing Properties of Spring Flowers
It’s hard to imagine spring is well underway as we look outside and feel the chill in the air. Just last week it snowed, AGAIN, and...
Colleen Green
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Boys will be boys
Well, times are certainly different now with the state the world is in. The hustle and bustle is replaced by a calming serenity that has...
Colleen Green
Apr 16, 20203 min read
Positive Outcomes in Troubled Times
The news is daily filled with stories about COVID-19, which are disrupting our lives and the economy. But is there anything good coming...
Colleen Green
Apr 2, 20203 min read
Cluster flies
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Colleen Green
Mar 19, 20203 min read


Walk Softly – Bye-bye Winter!
As we look out our windows, it’s hard to imagine that spring is officially only about six weeks away. Will the snow and cold ever relent...
Colleen Green
Feb 20, 20203 min read


Walk Softly
As Ontario continues to develop more and more land, not only does the extent of our forests get diminished, but also the quality. Long...
Colleen Green
Feb 7, 20203 min read
19 Million people watched birds this Christmas!
For the past 120 years, during approximately three weeks in late December and early January, millions of people have gotten up off their...
Colleen Green
Jan 23, 20203 min read
Power of the Crowd
At this time of the year, once I reset my mind after celebrating the wonderful season of Christmas, with its remembrance of Christ, the...
Colleen Green
Jan 9, 20202 min read
My Most Faithful Companions
It is days like today, when it is cold and somewhat miserable, that I welcome and cherish old friends. I haven’t seen them for months...
Colleen Green
Dec 13, 20193 min read
Biodiversity at Risk
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Colleen Green
Nov 29, 20193 min read


The bald eagle
The majestic Bald Eagle never fails to arouse awe in every observer fortunate to spot it. In the 19th and 20th century, it variously was...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20193 min read


Dealing with white grubs
Last time, I left you with the gloomy image of my lawn devastated by White Grubs. Small excavations and torn up turf were interspersed...
Colleen Green
Oct 31, 20193 min read
The Problem with White Grubs
For months now I have been struggling to balance my love for nature with the damage that White Grubs cause to my lawn. The upside is that...
Colleen Green
Oct 18, 20193 min read


Care and Use of your Binoculars
You will recall that last time I talked a bit about how to choose binoculars when you eventually buy a pair or upgrade the ones you...
Colleen Green
Sep 19, 20192 min read
More on Colonial Bird Names
One wonders how and why English names of birds change. Some changes occurred because relationships were uncertain when the birds were...
Colleen Green
Aug 23, 20193 min read


Climate – So What can We do?
Walk Softly Solving a problem as immense and complicated as climate change is beyond the concept of what most of us can handle. We simply...
Colleen Green
Aug 8, 20193 min read


Climate Questions That Make Me Pause
Walk Softly A couple of columns ago I started a dialogue about climate and how we could and should react to it. As I think more and more...
Colleen Green
Jul 18, 20193 min read


Give turtles a ‘brake’
Thursday, July 4th, 2019 GEOFF CARPENTIER – Walk Softly For my faithful readers, I was going to write a bit more about climate change,...
Colleen Green
Jul 11, 20193 min read
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