Backyard Biodiversity Ontario

Enter to WIN a Backyard Biodiversity Adventurers Prize Pack! Backyard Biodiversity Ontario, with help from the WWF and Chantiers Jeunesse, is having our first ever giveaway worth over $100! Included in this prize pack is a:... Backyard Biodiversity ball cap with fastener loops Reyleo unisex backpack Portable 10X zoom binoculars Mini microscope to look at all the little creatures you may find Ontario Nature Guide to help you identify what you've found All you have to do to enter is: Like our page. Comment a picture of some biodiversity in your area. Tag your adventure buddy! For an extra entry, follow us on both Instagram and Facebook and let us know in the comments that you've done so! When posting your picture, let us know if you would be willing to let us use it in a future post (with credits of course!) Thanks for entering and Goodluck!! Get your entries in by March 25th, 2021 at 10pm. A random draw of all valid entries will be held on March 26th, 2021. There will be an announcement made through our Facebook Page and the winner will be contacted directly. (Open to all Ontario residents)

Who knew? (Its also because the further down that line they are, the more downward of an angle they are on making the wind drag less effective and therefore easier to fly through)

This week's Sunday Species Spotlight looks at one of the more elusive and misunderstood animals in our neck of the woods: the fisher! These members of the weasel family are fast, ferocious, and cute as all heck!

Happy Valentine's day to all you love birds out there! ;) I hope you have been enjoying this weekend of bird watching for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ( birdcount.org ). Let us know in the comments if you have seen anything interesting this past weekend! As promised, today's Sunday Species Spotlight will feature another bird that you’ve likely seen recently, the Downy Woodpecker! To learn more about this awesome woodpecker visit:... https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/birds/downy-woodpecker.html Photo credits: -Chris Parker -https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/47227441 -https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com//woodpeckers-hammer-wit/

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you’ve had a great weekend of outdoor exploration and adventure! Let us know if you saw any cool wildlife in the comments below! This week and next for our Sunday Species Spotlight, we will be featuring some birds that choose to stay in Ontario and brave the cold with us over the winter months. Next week (February 12-15) is the Great Backyard Bird Count where people all over the world will step outside and count all the birds they see. Anyone c...an join and you can do it from your own backyard! You can go out for as little as 15 minutes and use a free app to mark down what you saw. It's a great way to spend some time outdoors, learn about the birds in your area, and get into some citizen science! Click this link for more information about the Great Backyard Bird Count or to download the app: https://www.birdcount.org/ ) To learn more about Black-capped Chickadees go to: https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/birds/chickadee.html Photos credit: https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/birds/chickadee.html https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home