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It has been over 40 years since we moved to our 89-acre farm on the 4th Line. At that time, there were a few old Apple trees along the b...

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere." -Laura Ingalls Wilder May is usually the month for exploring Point Pelee, Ro...

"I come into the peace of wild things..." -Wendell Berry We, the lucky ones, have been “staying home, staying safe” for about 6 weeks now...

Local pastors have been sending out thoughts and meditations via email each morning over the past few weeks. The other day, the topic wa...

We are now officially out of self-isolation, just in time for Ontario's forced closures of non-essential services, and stepped-up orders...

Like many of you, I find myself in “self-isolation”. We recently returned from Arizona, and will not be venturing out among the crowds a...

Spring is coming! What might we find if we are out and around on “The Fringe” in mid-late May? Here are photos of a few of the many mig...

It’s been a wonderful year for Monarch Butterflies. Caterpillars covered our Swamp Milkweed, and even devoured seed pods. In the early Su...

Butterflies, Moths, and other insects have appreciated the hot, dry weather that has prevailed this summer. There has been an amazing var...

Our Sauble Piping Plovers have not had an easy summer on the beach. The hot, sunny weather has brought out large numbers of people on a ...

Our 4 surviving chicks have made it through the Canada Day weekend! Their busy parents have been doing a great job of chasing Gulls and w...

4 Piping Plover chicks have hatched on Sauble Beach! 2 babies arrived on Sat., June 15, and the other 2 broke through their mottled eggsh...

As of today, 4 Piping Plovers (2 pairs) are nesting on Sauble Beach. In spite of high water levels, extensive erosion, and cool, rainy, w...

On Sunday, May 5, we spent a beautiful sunny afternoon on the beach, hunting for Piping Plovers. The birds have been somewhat elusive, t...

I’m finally getting around to gathering some of last season’s butterflies and moths together into a blog. It’s almost a year late, but ....

The last days of Winter are upon us, and Tundra Swans are on the move. They are on their way from Chesapeake Bay to the shores of the Arc...

I’m as ready for Spring as the next person. These days of cabin fever and bone-chilling temperatures are hard to take. But every now and...

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Female) The island of Tobago, although small, offers visitors the opportunity to a see a surprising number of love...

It only took about 10 minutes by boat to travel from the pier at the Blue Waters Inn to the nature reserve that is Little Tobago Island. ...

We were on the island of Tobago in early January. 4 days were spent on the southern part of the island, and 3 days in the north (Blue Wat...