An owl 🦉 “Hawk Tuah”‘d right onto the hood of my jeep! I can’t believe it 🤣😭 I went home to pick apart the owl pellet- that’s the nugget of fur and bones you see here, regurgitated by owls as they are incapable of digesting and passing these parts. This is most likely an eastern screech owl pellet, and this exercise provides a fascinating and exciting way to understand what our local owl species consume! 🦉I plan on squishing it back together and passing it along to a home school family for their investigative enjoyment!
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“We have a cave turtle!!!” this video was taken recently on the Wild Waterfalls Tour with an adventurous guest! We came across a painted turtle inside of a man-made cave, which was a fun and new concept to both of us! I have now seen bats, frogs, and turtles in this cave. Let me show you!!!
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From yesterday morning’s tour ☺️ thanks to the @laurengoettler Goettler Family Foundation- youth with special needs and their caregivers were able to attend an adventure in Niagara’s only provincial park- and look what we experienced in just 2 hours!
Connecting to nature is essential and beneficial for individuals of all abilities. This was such a beautiful morning out 🤘🥾! Thank you once again, Goettler Family Foundation!
Music and footage by myself.
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Sci-Fi encounter 👾🛸🤯🤯!? Check out these dancing beech blight aphids. The beech blight aphid is a native species, although considered a “pest”. They grow fluffy white filaments to “sway” as a group in disguise with the wind, but will also activate this “dancing” behaviour when under threat. Aphids feed on plant matter, in this species’ case exclusively on American beech trees, and excrete a sweet honeydew that attracts ants and wasps- who inadvertently provide some protection for the aphids!
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Northern Ontario is VAST 😳🤯🇨🇦!!! Here are my favourite shots from the bush plane a few weeks ago, operated by @whiteriverair ! The hills become “mountains” by Ontario standards, and the lakes, bogs, rivers and marshes are ENDLESS.
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Ever seen a HUGE snake go over a WATERFALL!? My guests and I had the privilege of witnessing this scenario, as an enormous adult northern water snake went over two sets of cascades right before our very eyes- this moment makes me think of this weird intrusive thought- how many animals willingly and unwillingly go over waterfalls every day!? Think about Niagara Falls, for example!
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From my 1st of 2 tours today: YOU’RE INVITED TO AN ISLAND 🏝️ PARTY! This is one of my favourite guided paddling day trips. You’re invited, as I said- just let me know when you’re ready to GO! 🛶🤘🇨🇦
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My visits for POND EXPLORATION with @red_roof_retreat are always so fulfilling. Check out what these kids got to experience! As I mentioned at the end, these individuals remind us of how the simple things in life are the most precious 🐸🦋
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INSECT EXPLORATION DAY @vineridgeresort ! I bring the equipment and the knowledge, and YOU bring your enthusiasm to safely catch and learn about southern Ontario’s amazing insects- we have the highest insect biodiversity of anywhere in Canada 🇨🇦💪🦋🐝🐞🐜🦗🦟🪰
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This is what one of the best “work”days of my life looked like- from yesterday- especially when the day was jam packed with SURVIVAL SKILLS and ECO-CANOE paddling in the lands of @niagara.on.the.lake and @townofforterie
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Featuring “The Eight Legs of Love” ❤️🐕, this is a glimpse of my late night tour prep routine for big guided adventures the next day! KNOTS N’ TARPS SURVIVAL SKILLS x CANOEING THE FORT ERIE WOODS. Video of the actual day coming within 24 hours! I love all of my tours, but it was one of favourite outings to date with my guests 🛶🤘🇨🇦🐍🦆
Do YOUR dogs assist you with YOUR work? Let me know in the comments ⬇️
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From today’s session: FIRE 🔥 building including safety lesson, cool survival techniques (using flint and steel), and cooking over the fire afterwards- which the kids help build! Is this something you’d like to try out? Extra challenging versions of this are available for adults, too!
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