Category: Geoff Carpentier

As I sit and put finger to keyboard, it used to be pen to paper (LOL), I think back to an unexpected encounter I had the other night. My friend Peter and I were in Prince Edward County, looking for night birds and watching...

Annually, I do a Birdathon in support of projects designed to help or in some cases save Canadian birds. While this column today is a reporting of my annual May fundraiser for birds, it tells a story of how the unusual weather...

We see them everyday and essentially most people just ignore them. Hundreds of thousands of dead trees were created a few years ago when the Emerald Ash Borer invaded North America. Communities rallied to cut them down and place...

It’s hard to imagine spring is well underway as we look outside and feel the chill in the air. Just last week it snowed, AGAIN, and overnight the temperatures routinely have been dipping well below the freezing mark. How are...

Well, times are certainly different now with the state the world is in. The hustle and bustle is replaced by a calming serenity that has become our new reality. Many look to this as a time to reflect or learn or just appreciate...

The news is daily filled with stories about COVID-19, which are disrupting our lives and the economy. But is there anything good coming out of this? Well, beyond the sadness and unease, some benefits are being shown that...

It isn’t hard to see that the land is awakening as spring unfolds before our eyes. One revelation I always marvel at in the spring is the rapid emergence of insects, when it is still so cold outside. Even though the outside...