by Ojibway Massasauga | May 21, 2020 | Eastern Foxsnake, Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery
Meet Matt Macpherson, WPC’s Lead Field Technician for the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery (OPRREC) team in southwestern Ontario. When Matt joins a project, he likes to do some preliminary research. Here, he shares his discoveries of the natural history of the...
by Ojibway Massasauga | Jun 15, 2018 | Eastern Foxsnake, Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery
The summer months are just around the corner and our intense spring surveys are winding down. As the mark-recapture portion of our study comes to a bittersweet end, we can now expand our field surveys to new study sites in order to better understand eastern massasauga...
by Lake Erie Wetlands Wildlife | Sep 13, 2017 | Eastern Foxsnake
August has been an exciting month on the snake project portion of the Lake Erie Wetlands Wildlife program although we didn’t encounter many new eastern foxsnakes and there have been fewer sightings reported by visitors to Rondeau Provincial Park. Snake activity...
by Lake Erie Wetlands Wildlife | Aug 9, 2017 | Eastern Foxsnake
The Lake Erie Wetlands Wildlife team have continued to track our eastern foxsnakes throughout the summer on the shores of Lake Erie, Ontario, and boy have they been busy. The snakes were surgically implanted with transmitters to allow us to pick up a signal with a...
by Lake Erie Wetlands Wildlife | Jun 27, 2017 | Eastern Foxsnake
As we work through June, more and more snakes have not only crossed our paths, but the paths of visitors to Rondeau too! Our team is constantly getting calls about eastern foxsnake sightings, many of which are snakes basking on roads in the warm summer sun. Due to all...
by Lake Erie Wetlands Wildlife | Jun 19, 2017 | Eastern Foxsnake
Just when we thought our job was already the coolest, we recently had the opportunity to attend the transmitter insertion surgeries performed by Dr. Egan on our eastern foxsnakes. It’s very generous of Dr. Egan to donate his time and equipment to help the...
