Here’s a game for you – take a look at this vase of flowers (all picked on the cottage property) and see how many you can identify. It’s a poor quality picture but I think I can see at least 5…
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How many different flowers can you find?
13 Aug- Comments 1 Comment
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This blog is going to follow my project to develop a managed forest plan for the family cottage. When I first decided to work on developing a plan, it was purely for the tax advantages, but as I start researching and collecting information, I’ve become more and more interested in the historical, environmental and academic nature (no pun intended) of the project.
I’ll be developing mapping, researching flora and fauna on the property, loads of collecting, identifying, photographing and documenting. I’ve been gathering as much data that my Dad collected as I can find – too bad most of it is lost, he was an avid birder, a fine naturalist and meticulous in his notes, charts and data. He would just LOVE this project…maps, charts, identification and the wonder of nature – who could want anything more?
My plan is to begin by preparing the standard Managed Forest Plan that MNR requires and then to expand the reasearch and notes into a wide ranging conspectus that includes photography, maps, history and an ongoing review of the cottage microclimate. Think I can keep it up?
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Fungiilicious
I went on a big walk to Ojibway Nature Reserve Park this morning and couldn’t help snapping of almost 100 more photos of fine fall fungi. Still way behind on identification but I thought I’d post a few more pictures, just to show off some of the variety and beauty of this often overlooked bit […]
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More mushroom madness in New Brunswick
Andrea and I found such a riot of mushrooms while tromping through the woods at her cottage that I may be posting about them till spring! I spent some time tonight trying to identify a few more of the many mushrooms we photographed. Surprisingly, some of the hardest to identify are some of the most […]
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Our cottage naturalist library
I have bought a bunch of books to update our library of natural sciences and field guides for the cottage. We have quite a selection already, but many are quite old and not as rich in photos and color plates as the newer ones. I hope that some of you cottage naturalists will use them. […]
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Who’s poop is this?
Another instalment of the ever popular “poop post”. Here is a photo of some poop found within yards of the edge of the beaver pond. Can you guess what animal might have left it there?
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Mushrooms at Andrea’s cottage
In a moist, loamy corner of New Brunswick, Andrea and Ugo’s cottage is perched on stilts, overlooking a stony, sandy beach. On a misty afternoon, Andrea and I took “the pack” on an adventure walk through the forest surrounding the cottage. As we walked on the soft bedding of the regenerating decay of the forest […]
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