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Colleen Green
Sep 29, 20223 min read
Nature suffers from short-sighted decisions
I have never sat on municipal council, nor have I ever been a politician of any stripe. But I have dealt with municipalities and...
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Colleen Green
Sep 22, 20223 min read
That Tastes Yucky!
Lip-smacking good – crickets, earthworms, caterpillars, even some bees and wasps – yummy if you’re an insectivore that is! That’s what...
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Colleen Green
Aug 25, 20223 min read
Another one bites the dust!
Long known to be in serious decline, the Monarch Butterfly has thrilled us through generations! Once we were aware they were in trouble,...
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Colleen Green
Jul 21, 20223 min read
The Missing Canadian Symbol
My friend and colleague Dr. David Bird has been driving a movement to have a National Bird declared for Canada. Although many thought it...
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Colleen Green
Jun 23, 20222 min read
The dos and don’ts of bear encounters: how to stay safe around bears
by The Standard | Podcast June 23rd, 3022 https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Dos-n-Donts-of-Bear-encounters-June-...
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Colleen Green
May 26, 20223 min read
Our Neighbour the Osprey
The waterfront of Port Perry is hosting a new neighbour! A pair of Osprey has taken up residence directly cross the road from The...
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Colleen Green
May 13, 20222 min read
That time of deer again
The fawn pictured below was seen by The Standard’s James J. Green, Monday, May 9th, on the side of a road in Kawartha Lakes. He sent us...
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Colleen Green
Apr 19, 20221 min read
North Durham Nature Club tackles the weather
Join the North Durham Nature Club on April 26th at 7 p.m. for a webinar on ‘Wild, Weird and Wacky Weather’ with David T. Chapman. In a...
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Colleen Green
Jan 20, 20223 min read
Striving to be a better student of nature
For the last couple of columns, I have discussed how computers, online resources and social media affect our ability to be better...
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Colleen Green
May 6, 20211 min read
Bats, with Karen Vanderwolf and North Durham Nature
UXBRIDGE: Bats are amazing! But these animals, so critical to our environment and economy, are declining in Canada and abroad. North...
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Colleen Green
Mar 18, 20213 min read
Windows – What a Pane!
Ever since European settlers occupied North America, our influences on avian populations have varied between positive and devastatingly...
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Colleen Green
Jan 21, 20213 min read
Walk Softly
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...
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Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20213 min read
Birds Out of Place
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...
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Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20203 min read
Counting Birds for Christmas
Each winter throughout the latter part of the 19th century, sportsmen would gather to compete in an annual bird hunt called “side hunts”....
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Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20201 min read
Uxbridge Christmas Bird Count Day is approaching, Sunday December 27th are you with us?
BRENDA NEAR, North Durham Nature This will be the sixteenth year for our count, joining thousands of other counts across North America....
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Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20201 min read
Scot Pine Thinning 2020 Uxbridge Countryside Preserve
BRENDA NEAR, North Durham Nature This past Saturday afternoon a low profile Scot Pine thinning occurred in the Countryside Preserve with...
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Colleen Green
Oct 29, 20203 min read
Get Those Bird Feeders Up
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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Colleen Green
Sep 19, 20192 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...
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