Donald Sutherland

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@Edrmorris @justinehud But it’s wind borne pollen from species like ragweed that causes allergies such as hayfever, not sticky pollens collected by bees.

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@Edrmorris @BioInFocus Yes, counter-intuitive, but White Spruce is dominant at the interface of taiga and tundra: so-called Picea glauca var. porsildii.

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@Edrmorris You-suf Karsh?

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@FishWildlifeON Are they true hibernators or not? How do they compare to jumping mice, for instance?

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@BirdStudiesCan @EarthTouch Noteworthy!

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@emilyrondel That’s where I was working (then MTRCA), when I happened upon the Sycamores along the Humber River!

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@emilyrondel @BirdStudiesCan Oh dear, and it’s on to what?

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@emilyrondel @BlackOutdoors1 I couldn’t afford to live in Toronto now!

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@emilyrondel @BlackOutdoors1 I remember seeing some nice Sycamores along the Humber River in or near Rowntree Mills Park (Finch Ave) some years ago. I grew up in Toronto...

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@emilyrondel @BlackOutdoors1 There are true Sycamores in the Humber Valley and perhaps also the Don and possibly planted elsewhere, but ‘urban sycamores’ are mostly London Plane-tree, Platanus x hispanica.

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@emilyrondel @BlackOutdoors1 What? Sycamores and maples are in different families: Platanaceae and Sapindaceae. There’s a Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) and Acer platanoides (=sycamore-like maple)...

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@FishWildlifeON Hmm. Does a grouse have more than one cecum?

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@Algonquin_PP From a Drone?

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@emilyrondel @BirdStudiesCan Even beloved garden plants like Buddleia davidii have in southern Ontario graduated from being essentially annuals to perennials. One only need look at lower mainland BC to see its potential as a serious weed.

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@emilyrondel @BirdStudiesCan Dating myself here, but I remember when dog-strangling vines (Cynanchum spp.) were a novelty restricted to Hamilton, Toronto and Ottawa. No such thing as a benign exotic!

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@BirdStudiesCan Great idea! However, you might consider replacing your photo with one showing a native plant (not Cosmos bipinnatus).

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@TroyDeclan @jeaniron2 @Avibase Maybe Wellington Co.? Banders from the Guelph area have been banding SNBU for a number of years.

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@tanya_l_p @eastsidemarios Is this new one really any different than the others?

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@Tingo_89 @Edrmorris My experience is that in GBay RBGUs bail at freeze-up, leaving HERG

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@Tingo_89 @Edrmorris Guessing RBGU isn’t and won’t be one of them.