Kevin Kavanagh

Mystery solved! I'd been wondering what pollinates a Closed Bottle Gentian flower that never opens. Today I found out and was surprised that it was something as large as a bumblebee and that it spent a full minute inside before re-emerging. Nature is just too cool.

@seanjamesdesign Sorry...i now see you'd already caught that!

Cool flyover of #SandhillCranes at my house this morning!

@seanjamesdesign Hey Sean. Minor correction. Those are tundra swans! Still a wonderful flyover.

Birds and wildlife can seemingly sense impending bad weather. Hoping everyone stays safe (and well fed).

@seanjamesdesign Which is turning into the slush that's falling right now! Ugh.

So it looks like the rain we’re going to have tomorrow will be the rain we had yesterday. 😂

The #LongPoint Biosphere Region Eco-Crawl is Saturday! See map for locations - stop into @BirdsCanada HQ for the bio-fair, kids drawing workshop & slow-birding walks. You can also visit #Bayfest. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #NorfolkCounty #Ontario #LakeErie #Birds #Nature

@seanjamesdesign The late fall seeds are also an incredibly important natural food source for late fall migrating sparrows, especially white-throated and white-crowned sparrows. Many other winter seed eating birds benefit from these plants as well.

For those of you following the Giant Ragweed, (Ambrosia trifida) saga, it’s even more spectacular now. I wouldn’t want this if I had anyone round me with hayfever, but it sure is a neat plant. Helper in the shot for scale! It is a native plant and native insects r feeding on it!

@Volunteer4Birds @BirdsCanada You're the best! Thanks for your support!

Get ready to grow with Grand Erie Master Gardeners & @BirdsCanada in a gardening workshop in Port Rowan! Learn about native plants that thrive in full sun, help install a pollinator-friendly garden, & explore stunning wildflower gardens. tinyurl.com/8cjjnz7m #Norfolkcounty

@NatureDanimal This species was once thought to have occured in the Norfolk area of s. ON. Herbarium specimens were later considered mislabelled from a site just across Lake Erie where it is common. Garden specimens we have here in Norfolk are thriving so conditions are certainly to its liking!

This week’s #CanadasMissingWildlifeProject is an intriguing story. Great Laurel is planted as a horticultural species, but not has not returned as a wildlife recovery project. It would be a great candidate to bring back as a component to restoring Nova’s Scotia’s Acadian Forests.

Looking forward to supporting the efforts of the Grand Erie Master Gardeners in helping people do more to "garden for nature". This event is open to all interested gardeners.

Prairie #Warbler: a beautiful and active #bird of semi-open habitat, with a cheerful ascending zee-zee-zee-zee-zee song. Generally rare in Ontario, Canada, they are locally 'common' breeders in eastern #GeorgianBay and southern Shield habitats. Anyone know what bug it's eating?

Will be presenting at the Simcoe Library tomorrow on gardening with native plants & avoiding species that can become invasive in our surrounding natural habitats. Doors open 11:30AM, talk starts at 12 Noon. A fundraiser for the Norfolk Library System. #Norfolk #Gardening #Nature

There should be avian prizes for song volume adjusted for bird size. If that were the case, #Wrens and R-c Kinglets would surely be among the winners! I love the loud, tinkling, boisterous song of tiny Winter Wrens emanating from shady #Hemlock ravines. #NorfolkCounty #LongPoint

Beautiful white fungi cling to a tree trunk against the verdant greens of a #Carolinian #forest in spring. The subtle back-lighting seems to add to the ecological intimacy - and to the contrasts implicit with #fungi and the new growth. #nature #hiking #NorfolkCounty

@AcreNature Send Evan over to get some flowers from our trees! We have lots.

Our Paw-Paw tree has started flowering. We have other Paw Paw's but none are mature enough to flower. Hopefully we get some flowers from someone and pollinate ourselves to get fruit. #naturephotography #nature #trees

Spring in the nursery gardens. From the subtle beauty of a trillium to the explosion of rhododendrons coming into flower, the gardens are emerging from their winter slumber.

Nature's clean-up crew. Turkey #Vultures are unsung #bird heroes, serving an incredible ecological role scavenging carrion and cycling nutrients. They're beautiful in flight and when perched they're regal. Evening light caught the two-tone underwing pattern - and even a scratch!

Happy Earth Day everyone! It has been a really busy day! It is such a privilege to share the planet with so many awesome creatures, including this Red Admiral butterfly!

@ggbeck Remarkable picture! Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day 2024! Sharing a #PolarBear image from a time in early career (c. 1989) when climate change models seemed pretty "far out there." How times have changed as past predictions continue to be eclipsed. If you can, get out and do something positive - today & every day.

Very much looking forward to being a part of Haldimand's Seedy Sunday event! South Coast Gardens will have a booth with an early selection of native plants for sale. My time slot for speaking will be at 12PM on 'The Growing Importance of Gardening for Nature'.

After the warmest winter on record & several high temperature records in the last 2 weeks, spring is roaring ahead with plants flowering 4-6 weeks ahead of normal. Temps are now forecast to dip below freezing (as low as -6C) over the next 2 weeks so there will be losses. Arrggh!