Wildlife Blogs
These blogs will address various topics about wildlife species found in the Land Between region. Read them to learn more about your non-human neighbours and how you can help them!
An Unlikely Friendship: The Relationship Between Wolves and Ravens
By: Michael Allen Bryden The interaction between individuals of different species has been recorded throughout natural history. Mutualism, more specifically, occurs when two such species’ interaction results in positive and …
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Busy Beavers, Our Eager Ecosystem Engineers
By Angela Vander Eyken Beavers are easily one of the most fascinating and unique creatures in our landscape: they have impressive paddle-like tails, lush shiny fur, self-sharpening teeth, and even …
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The Humble Muskrat: Is He Disappearing?
Muskrats are often an overlooked species in the Land Between region and are frequently seen as pests. However, muskrats are actually beneficial and have great cultural, ecological, and economic importance. …
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The Perks of a Pepe-le-pew
Written by Jaclyn Adams Picture this: it’s dark outside and you hear rustling in the bushes a few feet away. Curious, you wander closer and slowly lean towards the rustling, …
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Introduction to Ontario’s Bats
By: Michael Allen Bryden As the sun sets and dusk rolls in, you see a small black figure fly overhead in the sky, but that’s not a bird. You notice …
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Marten, Mink, and Fisher: The Look-a-like Mesopredators in our Backyards!
By : Daniela Castellanos What is a mesopredator? The food web is an intricate and interconnected network of relationships between consumers and producers. We often hear about animals that are …
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What is happening to our humming bird populations?
Hummingbird Population Trends: What You Should Know Many North American bird populations are in decline, but does this include hummingbird species? This question was investigated in a recent research article …
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Keep Your Cats Indoors: Disappearing Birds
A study of 500 species of birds in Canada and the US was published in the prestigious journal Science in September 2019. It found that in the last 50 years, 3 …
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The River’s Otters
We see otters on the Salmon River quite often, but their visits are not predictable. We simply must be looking at the river at the correct instant. Sometimes, it is …
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