Deep Forests and Small Farms
Fieldwork has kicked into full gear as the action-packed month of June is just a week away. Our Louisiana Waterthrush surveys are nearing completion for the 2012 season. Soon I [...]
Fieldwork has kicked into full gear as the action-packed month of June is just a week away. Our Louisiana Waterthrush surveys are nearing completion for the 2012 season. Soon I [...]
Land O’ Lakes indeed! Frontenac Provincial Park lies at the southern tip of the great Canadian Shield with its astounding proliferation of lakes, wetlands and rivers. The map clipping above [...]
. Great to be back in Frontenac this week! My first memorable observation of the season was of two black bears encountered along Devil Lake Road on an early morning [...]
j Although arguably the most studied nightjar in North America, the Common Nighthawk remains poorly known (Poulin et.al. 1996). h Species Abstract Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Habitat=primarily nests in open [...]
Our third visit to Rock Ridge was a much busier affair than the last when just 9 birds were captured in six hours in mid June. We finished the morning [...]
. So strange to find a lizard in Ontario but they’re definitely here. Yesterday around noon, I found this adult male in a rocky outcrop laden with deadfall and thorn [...]
. Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus moticilla) Nidiologicals – Peck and James (1987) and Douglas Robinson (1995) Habitat – Gravel bottomed streams flowing through mature deciduous or mixed forest. Also nests in [...]
. Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) . Nidiologicals – Peck and James (1987) and Nolan,V.,Jr., E.D.Ketterson, and C.A.Buerkle (1999) Habitat – Dry, early successional shrubland habitats ranging from pine plantations, dunes, [...]
Migration Research Foundation is excited to announce that fieldwork for the Frontenac Bird Studies program will recommence in early May 2012! Here is the lineup of activities for the spring [...]
We were deeply saddened to learn that Andrew Jano, a champion and regular supporter of Frontenac Bird Studies (FBS), passed away peacefully on February 5, 2012, at the age of [...]