Category: Geoff Carpentier
Geoff Carpentier

Geoff Carpentier is a published author, ecotour guide and environmental consultant.
Counting Birds for Christmas
by tamara | Dec 10, 2020 | Columns, Geoff Carpentier | 0 |
Each winter throughout the latter part of the 19th century, sportsmen would gather to compete in...
Read MoreFlying Squirrels
by tamara | Nov 26, 2020 | Columns, Geoff Carpentier | 0 |
I have always marvelled at flying squirrels and their unusual abilities and biology. There are two...
Read MoreA Flight of Owls
by tamara | Nov 13, 2020 | Columns, Geoff Carpentier | 0 |
Correction: My last column was about bird feeding and bird feeders, but it inadvertently was...
Read MoreGet Those Bird Feeders Up
by tamara | Oct 29, 2020 | Columns, Geoff Carpentier | 0 |
The last few days have been really exciting, bird-wise, as hawks, ducks, geese, loons and many small passerines (e.g. kinglets, sparrows and finches) are on the move! Winter is coming whether we like it or not and those hardy...
Read MoreMushrooms
by tamara | Oct 15, 2020 | Columns, Geoff Carpentier | 0 |
North Durham Nature hosted a mushroom walk last weekend. No, that’s not where you take your pet mushroom for a walk! We visited some trails near Uxbridge looking for different types of mushrooms, both poisonous and edible. We...
Read MoreBroad-winged Hawk
by tamara | Oct 1, 2020 | Columns, Geoff Carpentier | 0 |
When I sat down and put finger to keyboard (pen to paper for you older folks!), I planned to write...
Read MoreWhere’s everybody going?
by tamara | Sep 17, 2020 | Columns, Geoff Carpentier | 0 |
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 their song, but in the fall I know they will again migrate south. The young have fledged and...
Read MoreJapanese Beetles
by tamara | Sep 3, 2020 | Columns, Geoff Carpentier | 0 |
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 ones that cause the most damage, or are the most annoying, are the ones that seem to dominate...
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