Southern Ontario

Danielle did her Masters thesis on badgers in southern Ontario, and as part of that we worked across the southern part of the province. Somewhere in the midst of all that work we managed to get a few days off, which accounts for most of the pictures here. For more information on badgers visit ontariobadgers.com

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A floodplain in the Moore Habitat Area near Sarnia	Biking the Lynn Valley trail near Simcoe.	An old fallow pasture	A bike trail runs from Simcoe to Waterford
The Lake Erie coast near Port Burwell.	The high sand cliffs are eroding away very quickly	Norfolk county is an incredibly sandy place, and exposed sandy barrens like this are common	Tobacco kilns are a common sight in Norfolk.
A rail line near Delhi	A well-defined badger print	Taking a stroll through a forest near Strathroy	Pinery Provincial Park
A family camping trip at Pinery	Oak leaves on the ground	Enjoying the view from a trail lookout	It was a crisp morning, with that first hint of the coming fall
Pinery Provincial Park	A large open meadow at Komoka Park	A view to Lake Erie	A badger burrow in a meadow in Norfolk County
Lake Erie near Long Point	Dark clouds over Lake Erie	Lindsay the badger receives a radio implant at the Big Creek Veterinary Hospital in Delhi	The entire process went incredibly smoothly
Lindsay being monitored after the procedure	A swampy area where we had an unconfirmed report of a badger	Two young naturalists stand by as I investigate a burrow they had reported.	A threatening storm on the horizon
One of the burrows we were monitoring was on the edge of this orchard	A badger burrow	Milkweed surrounding an irrigation pond	Long Point
Lake Erie at Long Point	Fishing from the docks at Port Rowan	A beach side meadow at Rondeau Park	Lake Erie at Rondeau
Dusk as a small pond somewhere in southwestern Ontario	The beach at Long Point	Ossie, Danielle's nephew, building a sand castle	Great spot for lunch if you ask me!
One of several tallgrass prairie restoration sites in the area	Tallgrass in full bloom can be an incredible sight.	Tallgrass site.	Bocce ball at the beach
An oil road in Oil Springs	Enjoying the sun on a cool day at Sifton Bog	One of the vernal pools which can be quite common in Norfolk woodlots	Lake Erie shore
Lake Erie shore	Along these floodplains is one of the only places to find clay in Norfolk	Deer Creek Conservation Area	Deer Creek Conservation Area
Just before sunrise on Lake Erie	A small stream near Turkey Point	Near Turkey Point	Near the Long Point Wildlife Research and Education Center
near Waterford	Along one of the many abandoned rail beds in the area	Lake near Waterford	Cool air and warm sun; it doesn't get any better than a crisp fall day
New England Asters	near the conservation area at Waterford Lakes	Waterford Lake	Sunrise after a night of radio-telemetry
By mid October an afternoon on the beach required a good jacket and long pants	An old gravel pit near some badger burrows we found	Edges along fields are some of the primary places to find badger activity	Early fall, with the asters in full bloom, is one of my all time favourite sights