by Wildlife Preservation Canada | May 21, 2019 | Species at Risk
The Science of the Seasons By Jessica Steiner While the first day of spring was officially March 20, the weather has remained unpredictable in many parts of Canada. In southern Ontario, where I live, it has been hard to decide what clothes to put on in...
by Jane Hudecki | May 10, 2019 | Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Today is World Migratory Bird Day, where we celebrate the perilous, fantastic, and awe-inspiring feat of avian migration! For those of us at Wildlife Preservation Canada, spring is a time for celebration; migratory birds like the eastern loggerhead shrike are...
by Jane Hudecki | Apr 10, 2019 | Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Yesterday was packed with excitement- in the early afternoon of Tuesday, April 9th we received a call from a citizen scientist with the first confirmed 2019 sighting of a loggerhead shrike in Ontario! The individual was spotted near our Napanee release site in the...
by Jane Hudecki | Apr 5, 2019 | Loggerhead Shrike, Species at Risk
Welcome to my very first blog post! My name is Jane Hudecki and I am incredibly excited to join Wildlife Preservation Canada as the Shrike Conservation Breeding Coordinator, where I’ll be working with the recovery team on the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery...
by Pollinator Team | Feb 1, 2019 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators, Species at Risk, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
Hayley, Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Ontario Program Biologist for our Native Pollinator Initiative, recently visited a friend in London, England, this past summer, and was inspired by a book she purchased called “Nature’s Wonder Workers”....
by Pollinator Team | Jan 18, 2019 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators, Rusty Patched Bumblebee, Species at Risk, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
Pollinators aid in the successful reproduction of nearly 75% of flowering plants, plants whose capacity to reproduce is either entirely dependent on this animal-assisted service, or whose productivity is substantially increased when pollinator communities are present....
