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katemacquarrie22
23 hours ago3 min read
The Story of PEI Part 7: Early Wildlife
Last week, we explored the PEI landscape of three centuries ago, around the time Europeans arrived. Those pre-settlement forests and...
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katemacquarrie22
Jan 223 min read
Winter Spiders
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist, your own personal Google for information on all things natural on PEI! Today’s topic is courtesy of...
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katemacquarrie22
Feb 28, 20243 min read
Offshore Islands
Sites where human and natural histories meet are always interesting, and PEI’s offshore islands are great examples of this. They tell...
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katemacquarrie22
Dec 26, 20232 min read
A New Year's Resolution: Nature Literacy
We’ve lost our nature literacy. Here’s why that matters. It wasn’t that long ago that just about every Islander knew how to catch a...
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katemacquarrie22
Dec 25, 20222 min read
Post-Fiona: Wildlife
Many of you have asked me about the effects of September's Hurricane Fiona on PEI’s wildlife. Like most things in nature there is no...
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