Hear from Dr. Victoria MacPhail, ecologist and pollination biologist, about this unique pollinator habitat project established on an old landfill in Guelph, Ontario. Challenges, surprises, and lessons learned are … Continue
Seaside Sparrow: Goldilocks Bird
The Seaside Sparrow(Ammospiza maritima) is a large, dark sparrow, well-named for its preferred habitats of salt and brackish marshes. Although it shares habitat with other shoreline-loving sparrows such as … Continue
Nature Break: Monarch Butterfly
Monarch ButterfliesDanaus plexippus) rely on milkweed for food, shelter, cover for their eggs and for their toxicity that protects them from predators. Milkweed, however, has been dramatically reduced by herbicides … Continue