by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Mar 19, 2018 | 2017 Bumble Bee Season, LoyaltyOne, Pollinators, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
by Hayley Tompkins, 2017 Field Biologist, Bumble Bee Recovery As a field biologist, there’s always work to do. Whether I’m in the office working on reports, or in the field conducting research, I’m always busy as a bee (pun intended!). But the best...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Feb 6, 2018 | 2017 Bumble Bee Season, LoyaltyOne, Pollinators, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
by Hayley Tompkins, 2017 Field Biologist, Bumble Bee Recovery When I first started university, I wanted to be a teacher. In fact, I never imagined myself as anything but a teacher. I certainly didn’t think that I’d end up in the field of wildlife...
by Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery | Oct 25, 2017 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, LoyaltyOne, Species at Risk
… Not to be mistaken with a vacation from conservation. When your work is your passion, it spills over into every aspect of your life, including road-trips. Since the field season has ended, there is not any exciting shrike-related events I can share, so I...
by Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery | Sep 20, 2017 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, LoyaltyOne
The final summer month at the Carden, Ontario, release site has flown by, and now our juvenile eastern loggerhead shrike are flying south for their overwintering grounds. A few of the shrikes we released this month are already very familiar with the south,...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Sep 9, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, LoyaltyOne, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle
Our first western painted turtles hatched in the specially designed incubators here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo on July 24th and we now have a whopping 80 little hatchlings kickin’ it in the barn as part of the Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife program to save...
by Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery | Aug 17, 2017 | Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, LoyaltyOne
For many years, my favourite artist has been Claude Monet, so I never expected that looking at something in nature that evokes thoughts of his brushstrokes could possibly cause me so much frustration. As the summer progresses here in the Carden Plains in Ontario...
