Wildlife and Habitat: Spring Field Notes

squirrel number five getting relocated to another part of the forest

a group moved in were nibbling on the nursery stock so they got a ride down the road about a mile. honestly my cat would have caught them all so this is how I...

for folks in Brandon MB, there's a workshop on the weekend and I have a few spots left

all proceeds donated to the...

tree frogs find funny places to hang out #treefrog

little guy was hiding along a trail, very young just relying on camouflage #bunny

out for a walk this morning

pepsi found some moose poo. and a shot of our soil here where the horses keep disturbing the grass, it's not...

sandbar willow, I went out and cut some bundles for a local landscaper yesterday, they need them for a restoration

project. We cut this stand last spring and wow did it bounce back. Seems I have a willow coppice going. It's in a nice spot near our...

path along our pond where we've been creating a food forest by slowly replacing aspen with other stuff

the aspen aren't getting removed, just pruned to let light in and to keep new ones from getting tall. using...

canada mayflower along a forest trail

rescued nannyberry tree, a friend who does tree service pulled some out for a customer and gave me one

trimmed back with some kind of root system, it lives in my compost pile for now, excited to see if it leafs out. so many fruit trees are removed for just growing in...

our soil here is aeolian sand, blown in from a nearby river and probably left over from ancient lake agassiz

over the centuries there has been areas of true sand dunes here in the middle of the prairies, and only recently overgrown with aspen, wild raspberry, chokecherry, saskatoon and hazel. it’s rolling hills of sand, where...

there’s a greenhouse squirrel who might think I just put out a buffet of seeds, so added some squirrel defences

found out about this interesting tourist attraction, some unusually contorted aspen trees

willow trees with giant burlap in high park, Toronto #highpark

some very large maple trees at woodbine beach in Toronto #woodbinebeach

a beaver wandered into our yard this morning and he’s chilling out behind the house

we put our dogs in the garage so he can have a rest. he must be on his way to the next...

this lichen will probably outlive the aspen tree, it grows along my favourite walking trail

i should take a photo next year and see if it’s...

the tree holding our trailcam, and it was in the perfect spot

luckily camera fine. our YouTube channel featuring this cam has one video that’s run away with over 40k views, so I just put some fresh batteries in it and will see what’s running around the forest this spring, and...

moose poop, along our hiking trails - revealed just after the snow melts, often it's the only way to know that there

we have a forest moose #forestmoose #moose #moosepoo

wildlife pond at night, a fun project to create a small pond along an path near the nursery, about three feet deep

found some ferns pushing up first fronds #fern #fernfronds #northerngardening

think I got all the Japanese garden elements going on with this cherry flowering over the new pond

It’s a work in progress. #japanesegarden...