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Checking on hibernating snakes

Checking on hibernating snakes

by Ojibway Massasauga | Jan 20, 2021 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery

In this video, Kelly Antaya, field technician for the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery program in the Windsor-Chatham area of Ontario, uses a borescope camera to check on the eastern garter snakes hibernating in one of our artificial hibernaculum. WPC’s...
Hibernating snakes – Part 1

Hibernating snakes – Part 1

by Ojibway Massasauga | Dec 16, 2020 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery, Reptiles & Amphibians

In this short video, lead biologist Jonathan Choquette, Lead Biologist of the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery Program in the Windsor/Essex area of Ontario, talks about our artificial hibernacula – burrows used by snakes for hibernation. See the different parts...
What do snake researchers do in the winter?

What do snake researchers do in the winter?

by Ojibway Massasauga | Nov 24, 2020 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery, Reptiles & Amphibians

Baby eastern gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) in WPC’s temporary housing facility. They will spend the winter of 2020/21 in artificial hibernacula as part of a hibernation habitat study...
Connectivity corridor analysis for Massasaugas at Ojibway Prairie (finally) published!

Connectivity corridor analysis for Massasaugas at Ojibway Prairie (finally) published!

by Ojibway Massasauga | Oct 21, 2020 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery, Reptiles & Amphibians, Species at Risk

An important part of the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery program (OPRREC) in Ontario is that we share the results of our endangered species recovery work with the greater scientific community. This allows the possibility for conservation practitioners to learn from...
The Odd Couple: An Unlikely Relationship Between Snakes and Crayfish

The Odd Couple: An Unlikely Relationship Between Snakes and Crayfish

by Ojibway Massasauga | Sep 23, 2020 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery

A digger crayfish (Creaserinus fodiens), one of the few species of burrowing crayfish found at the Ojibway Prairie Nature Reserve. Since graduating two years ago from Fleming College, I have worked hands-on with a lot of different species including turtles, birds,...
Keeping milkweed in the prairie

Keeping milkweed in the prairie

by Ojibway Massasauga | Sep 16, 2020 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery

A monarch butterfly feeding on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) The main objective of the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery program is to save the Massasauga rattlesnake population in this area, but to do that, habitat enhancement and protection is vital. The...
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