TABLE OF CONTENTS
October 2017 Rock Tripe wall -Umbilicaria sp.
September 2017 Dogwood Sawfly, Macremphytus tarsatus,
August 2017 Queen Anne’s Lace and Chicory Two alien Invasives we love
July 2017 CARRION /BURYING BEETLES CARRYING MITES
June 2017 REGENERATION OF A BURR OAK SAVANNA BY FIRE
May 2017 Moose family in sedge wren meadow, Carden Alvar
April 2017 Brook Stickleback Trout (Culea inconstans)
March 2017 A Busy Country Bird Feeder
February 2017 Picea mariana – Black (Bog) Spruce Forest
January 2017 A homeless wandering SPOTTED SALAMANDER
December 2016 : 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS ON THE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
November 2016 CATTLE EGRETS VISIT ORILLIA AREA
October 2016 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS ON FALL MIGRATION
September 2016 FUNGI REACT TO STRESS
August 2016 PINE IMPERIAL MOTH CATERPILLAR
July 2016 Emerging Cicada
June 2016 Nesting Gulls on Limestone Islands in North Lake Huron and Georgian Bay
May 2016 Home Invasion , 262 Bay St., Orillia
April 2016 The Merlins 262 Bay St., Orillia,
March 2016 Ecosystems in this mid March spring in a Cedar swamp
February 2016 Cyanolichens of the Carden Alvar Natural Area
January 2016 GULLS AT THE BARRIE WATERFRONT ( KEMPENFELDT BAY
December 2015 House Sparrow -is it a threatened invasive species?
November 2015 Squawroot and Plants without chlorophyll
October 2015 Signs and benches on the Uhthoff trail
September 2015 Super Harvest Blood Moon Total Eclipse
August 2015 Lobsters in the Forest Hypomyces lactifluorum
July 2015 The Sundew and the Damselfly
June 2015 Promethea Moth (Callosamia promethea)
May 2015 Louisiana Waterthrush
April 2015 Purple Tiger Beetle Cicindela purpurea
March 2015 Northern Lights
February 2015 Bald-faced Hornets
January 2015: Over wintering Varied Thrush
December 2014: Many Bald Eagles are wintering in Ontario, but how do they manage and why now?
November 2014: Geology around “Prairie Smoke”, on the Carden Alvar
October 2014: The Common Earthworm – a serious invasive species
September 2014: Amanita jacksonii
August 2014: Insects on Milkweed leaves
July 2014: Blue-spotted Salamander
June 2014: Black-billed Cuckoos and Eastern Tent Caterpillars
May 2014: Pale/Pink Corydalis –Corydalis sempervirens
April 2014: Washago’s Barrow’s Goldeneye
March 2014: Mourning Doves – target practice
February 2014: Dutch Elm Disease
January 2014: A Buffet for a Cooper’s Hawk
December 2013: Why do otters play? – River Otter
November 2013: Crossing the North River in Severn Township
October 2013: Grifola frondosa – Hen of the Woods
September 2013: Pectinatella magnifica – a Freshwater Bryosoan
August 2013: DeKay, Brown Snake – Storeria dekayi
July 2013: Caspian Terns on Sparrow Lake
June 2013: Orange-fruited Horse Gentian – Triosteum Aurantiacum
May 2013: Nesting Bluebirds
April 2013: Skunk Cabbage
March 2013: Snowflees – Springtails ( Collembola)
February 2013: Red Fox with the Pom Pom Tail – mange
January 2013: Uhthoff Trail Extension
December 2012: An irruption of Redpolls
November 2012: Gray Dogwood –Cornus foemina spp racemosa
October 2012: Multiclavula mucida
September 2012: Organ -pipe Mud-dauber wasps
August 2012: Eastern ( Red-spotted) Newt
July 2012: Nesting Rock Bass
June 2012: Hummingbird Moths
May 2012: Witches’ Broom
April 2012: Mass Migration of Red Admiral Butterflies
March 2012:White Squirrel
February 2012: Stubble lichens of Copeland Forest
January 2012:The supernova in M101
December 2011: Lichens of Copeland Forest
November 2011: Sandhill Crane staging
October 2011: Cormorants on Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching
September 2011: Great Plains Ladies’ Tresses on the Carden Plane
August 2011: Hummingbird Banding
July 2011: Harvester Butterfly and Woolly Aphids
June 2011: The Purple Martin Story
May 2011: 3 species of Bumblebees
April 2011: Bauxbaumia aphylla -“ Bug on a stick”
March 2011: Winter Studies: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Holes, a tree and a fungus
February 2011: Overwintering Pine Warbler
January 2011: The Ermine
December 2010: Common Merganser Rafts
November 2010: Rock Bass
October 2010: Spiders
September 2010: Purple Bladderwort
August 2010: Female Giant Ichneumon Wasps
July 2010: Daddy Water Bug
June 2010: Map Turtle
May 2010: Unusual Trilliums
May 2010: Brown Creeper nest
April 2010: 3 Invasive Species
March 2010: Prairie Horned Lark
February 2010 Head River Keyhole
January 2010: Late Fox Sparrow
December 2009: Winter Crane Fly
November 2009: Entomophthoa muscae “ The Fly Destroyer”
October 2009: Scutes on a Midland Painted Turtle
October 2009: A Slime Mould: Arcyria denudate
September 2009: Ragged Fringed Orchid
August 2009: Meadow Spittlebug and dogwood Spittlebug
July 2009: Southern Flying Squirrel
June 2009: Black Bear on Cooper’s Falls Road
May 2009: Spotted Turtle
April 2009: Striated Leafhopper
March 2009: Lichens in Winter
February 2009: Beech leaves
January 2009: Northern Hawk Owl
December 2008: California Gull
November 2008: Brilliant jumper ( Phidippus clarus)
October 2008: Four-toed Salamander
September 2008: Black Trumpet Chanterelle ( Craterellus cornucopiodes)
August 2008: Eastern Massasauga Rattler
July 2008: Piping Plovers
June 2008: Olympia Marble Butterfly
May 2008: Beaked Hazel
April 2008: Ducks on Flooded Fields – West St North
March 2008: Virginia Chain Fern
February 2008: Mink
January 2008: Short-eared owl
December 2007: Bohemian Waxwings
November 2007: Bird’s Nest Fungi
October 2007: American Millipedes
September 2007: Monarch Migration
August 2007: Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
July 2007: A bear in my back porch
June 2007: Power of a burst beaver dam
May 2007: Blanding’s Turtle
April 2007: Sharp-tailed grouse on Lek
March 2007: Grub-Beetle larva
February 2007: Fisher
January 2007: The Garden in the canopy
December 2006: Red-bellied Woodpecker
November 2006: Carolina Wren