Scouting the park interior

Yesterday afternoon Dan and I left Raven at home and headed over to the park to do some hiking. That morning he’d had a meeting with the park superintendent about the research he intends to do there. His research permits have now been approved, so he has the green light to go ahead with his [...]

More on moths

Straight-lined Plagodis, Plagodis phlogosaria
I’ve been doing a lot of mothing lately. I’ve been delighted that this year I’m in a spot where I can put out my lights in my backyard on any given night, whenever the weather’s good, and not have to either travel to another site, or wait until I’m visiting my parents, [...]

Monday Miscellany

Today, our house went up for sale. We’ve known for a little while that it was going to be listed, but the agent only just came out today to take photos and put up the sign. Our landlord had originally called us on April 1 to let us know of his intentions to put the [...]

Today at Kingsford – Clown Beetle

As mentioned previously, I spent this weekend back at my parents’ old house in Halton, where I grew up. I had returned with my mom with the intention of visiting with my dad (who is minding the house until it sells), and collecting a few plant specimens from my mom’s garden. She has put a [...]

Meeting the Whites

I was over in the park last week, hiking through the forest, the first time since last fall. I had gone specifically with the intent of looking for wildflowers, but of course anything can turn up while you’re out. I was paused photographing some Spring Beauties, kneeling in the dry leaf litter, when a pair [...]

Bees of the earth

About a week ago I took Raven up the road to the abandoned property for her daily walk. It was a gorgeous day, and as I’ve done on most gorgeous days recently, I took my macro lens and kept an eye on the ground looking for bugs. I’m starting to see a lot more insect [...]

Monday Miscellany

It’s that time of year again: the time of year where my quantity of photos taken begins to exceed the quantity of photos I can work onto the blog. I take my camera with me virtually everywhere: every time I go out on a walk with Raven down the road, or a hike with Dan [...]

Floral surprises

Now that the snow has melted out of the forests, and the lake has opened up, there’s the opportunity to take the boat across the water to the park to do a bit of hiking there again. I haven’t been in to the park to hike since last fall, and although much of the park [...]

Wood frog love

On Sunday, Dan and I took Raven and went up the road a little ways to a plot of crown land. There are a few such pieces, owned by the government and open to public recreation, but we only just recently found out about them, when Dan was doing background research for his new Frontenac [...]

The Moth and Me #2

Lettered Sphinx, Deidamia inscripta, a spring specialty that should be flying soon.
I just wrapped up the April edition of The Moth and Me, and invite everyone to head over to check it out. The really busy mothing period in the northern hemisphere has yet to kick into gear, while the moths down under are starting [...]