Hobbitstee’s bosslady

Portrait of a raven. Love watching this clever guy who hangs out around our place.

New England Aster

Nodding Tickweed

Swamp Aster

Variety of goldenrod

It is fall…gotta love fall flowers…

I have spend my life wondering how the holocaust happened. I am now watching it in real-time and it is mind blowing. Nobody is stopping this!

Congratulations! That is well deserved.

Humbly submitted an abstract to the #WDA. Hoping to highlight boots on the ground perspective to the scientific wildlife disease community. 🤞

Name the parasite…

Love our new wildlife building! Today I set up and introduced the beaver in care to the new indoor beaver pen. Shallow pool for now until he is stronger.

New podcast!! About native plants for your garden and why you should jump on that bandwagon.

www.buzzsprout.com/2426011/epis...

Random things found on X-ray…why shoot a vixen in the head with a pellet gun?

Loving our new tech…name the oocyte

Just because this is common doesn’t make it OK. The method we use for waterfowl hunting is flawed. I’d love to see research how many geese are maimed for every goose that is killed.

If you are having a rough day…let’s celebrate this little lad who managed to gain a much needed full 1000 gr in weight!

Southern Ontario's at risk reptiles with Scott Gillingwater - Hobbitstee Wildlife Refuge Podcast on Nature and Things In this episode we chat with Scott Gillingwater from SOARR (Southern Ontario's at risk reptiles). Scott is a Species at Risk Biologist and is most famous for his work with Spiny Softshell Turtles, but...

New podcast alert! Scott Gillingwater his work with Spiny Softshells and other species at risk.

www.buzzsprout.com/2426011/epis...

Wildlife Disease Surveillance with Brian Stevens from CWHC - Hobbitstee Wildlife Refuge Podcast on Nature and Things This episode we chat with Brian Stevens who is the pathologist for the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC). CWCH is the agency responsible for wildlife disease surveillance in our country. Thi...

Our new podcast! Brian Steven’s from Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative speak with me about wildlife diseases. www.buzzsprout.com/2426011/epis...

There is something about porcupines…they are so darn cute.

New podcast now available for those interested: www.hobbitstee.com/podcast.php

All about trees with Forest Tehchnician Eric Shepherd who talk about Carolinian Forest and seed collecting.

I love that despite all the current trash-talking by Agent Orange our Canadian water bombers are helping out in California. It is the Canadian way!

All about birding with Hugh and Julia - Hobbitstee Wildlife Refuge Podcast on Nature and Things Fun episode with our resident bird nerds Hugh and Julia.

www.buzzsprout.com/2426011/epis...

next episode in our podcast series just dropped.

If you are an aspiring bird nerd (or if you just like birds) this is the episode for you.

Join us as we have a chat with Hugh and Julia our resident bird-nerds on the ins and outs of birding.

YouTube video by HobbitsteeWR Raven figures out food puzzle

We have a raven in care with a broken wing. In an effort to keep him entertained we put his food in food puzzles…

youtu.be/ncf1tVhc9Nw?...

Happy this surgery seems to be a success! The next morning the swan is standing on the fractured leg!

Watching bats eat or drink never gets old. This little lad was disturbed during hibernation due to construction. Sleeping always makes them thirsty.

Learned that Napoleon had a nephew who was an ornithologist. Charles Lucien Bonaparte circa 1820 discovered this gull species. The Bonaparte Gull. Who knew!

Good News Story: Wisdom returns to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge bringing more Thanksgiving joy to the Midway Atoll staff who celebrate witnessing Wisdom reaching at least 74 years old this coming winter. Wisdom, a mōlī (Laysan albatross), is the world's oldest known, banded bird.

A dad/daughter team in their way home from a hockey game last Sunday spotted this poor lady squirrel sitting on the road after presumably getting hit by car.

The has head trauma, but she is already feeling better with the help of medication.

#JustDave shares his expertise about what happens when wild animals make a home in your car and what can be done to prevent it.

(#JustDave is a mechanic with over 30 years of experience)

www.hobbitstee.com/podcast.php

(Podcast also available on a a variety of podcast platforms such as Spotify)

First ever HWR podcast. hobbitstee.com/podcast.php also available on Spotify. First and most boring, but a little about HWR was needed to start things off. Watch for more with great guests coming up.

Putting our new diagnostic technology to good use. Hawk is doing much better after a blood transfusion and antiparaciticals.

Xray is an awesome addition to our new hospital, but it has been disheartening to find so many of these cases…

Trying to save hemlock trees hundreds of years old from an imported pest. Hemlock wooly Adelgid is killing them and the associated habitat. Lots of funds for early detection…no funds for mitigation. What is the point of one without the other…