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Plant Life and Mushrooms on Algonquin’s Bat Lake Trail
Rain and a senior dog deterred us from hiking the whole trail during our trip to Algonquin…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Chicory (non-native)
Common Name: Chicory, Blue Daisy, Cornflower Scientific Name: Cichorium intybus Family: Asteraceae Origins: Europe (non-native) Flowering Time: June to October Habitat: Fields, waste areas and roadsides. Range: Found throughout most…
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Windy Lake Wildflowers and Plants
During our travels of central Ontario, which feels like northern Ontario to us, we saw similar plant…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Birdsfoot Trefoil (non-native)
Common Name: Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horned Trefoil Scientific Name: Lotus corniculatus Family: Fabaceae (pea) Origins: Eurasia (non-native) Flowering Time: May to October Habitat: Fields, grassy areas and roadsides. Range: Found throughout…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Black-eyed Susan (native)
Common Name: Black-eyed Susan Scientific Name: Rudbeckia hirta Family: Asteraceae Origins: North America Flowering Time: June to October Habitat: Fields, prairies and open areas Range: Found throughout most of North America,…
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Wintering Birds and Your Yard
When we first moved to the Petrolia area we set up some bird feeders in the backyard. In our immediate area there weren’t many…
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Avian Visitors To Our Yard, 2014
We live in a fairly new area, which means that there aren’t as many trees in our part of the neighbourhood and some are…
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Booth’s Rock Trail Shows Us Some Colour In September
Even in September, as most of the wildflowers go to seed and the leaves await their autumn…
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Discovering Mushrooms Along Algonquin’s Booth’s Rock Trail
Mushrooms come in all shapes and sizes. They may have gills, tubes, teeth, veins, or they could be smooth. Their caps may be high,…
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Juncos Love Goldenrod Seeds
Early December, 2015, I looked out our back window to find a handful of Slate-coloured, Dark-eyed Juncos enjoying the seeds on one of our…
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