Feline Tracks
Canine track identification tops the list of questions I get this time of year, but “is this a cat track?” is a close second. Whether...
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katemacquarrie22
Jan 102 min
2024 Eclipse
The highlight of this year’s natural calendar is the total eclipse on April 8th. PEI will be in the path of totality, making this among...
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katemacquarrie22
Jan 72 min
Canine Tracks
I’m no fan of winter, but it does have one redeeming feature: snow gives us ideal conditions to see what our neighbours of other species...
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katemacquarrie22
Jan 32 min
Coal
I hope you didn’t find a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking, but did you know you can find it along PEI’s shores? Let’s start the...
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katemacquarrie22
Dec 26, 20232 min
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 10, 20231 min
A Year-end Thank You!
It’s been a busy year! I want to thank the hundreds of people who attended my public walks and talks, the thousands who follow me, and...
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katemacquarrie22
Dec 6, 20233 min
Stories in Sandstone
To me, Natural History is the story our land tells about itself. PEI’s oldest stories are told by our sandstone cliffs and go back some...
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katemacquarrie22
Dec 3, 20232 min
Fungivorous Squirrels
If decorating a tree is part of your December routine, you’re not alone. PEI’s Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) have been doing...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 29, 20233 min
Witches' Broom
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! Recently, we looked at the...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 26, 20232 min
Cat's-tongue
As a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 22, 20232 min
Eastern Larch
PEI’s colourful fall leaves are mostly gone, but one native tree is still putting on a show: Eastern Larch, also known as Juniper,...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 19, 20232 min
Green Elf Cup
As a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 15, 20232 min
Sandstone Oxidation
With the change of seasons, my plant and fungus posts are coming to an end and my two popular winter series – PEI natural history and...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 12, 20232 min
Black Trumpets
As a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 12, 20233 min
Black Trumpet Salt and Kate's Farinata
Black Trumpets (Craterellus fallax) can be hard fungi to find, but they are choice edibles not easily mistaken for anything else. For...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 8, 20232 min
Fasciation
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! One of my favourite things...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 5, 20233 min
Honey Mushrooms
As a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 1, 20232 min
Post-Fiona: Wetland to Sand Dune
Hurricane Fiona brought many changes to our Island landscape: some dramatic, others subtle, and a few that are – paradoxically – both. ...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 29, 20232 min
Yellowfoot Mushrooms
As a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 29, 20232 min
Kate's Wild Mushroom Soup
It’s been a great fall for fungi, and a fridge-full of Honeys, Hedgehogs, and Yellowfoot mushrooms inspired me to try them in a...
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