It’s breeding season for PEI’s wild canines, meaning foxes and coyotes are more active right now. Even if you haven’t seen (or heard) any in your neighbourhood, tracks will tell you who’s been around. Here’s my annual refresher on identifying fox, coyote, and dog tracks. You can check the Wildlife Tracks & Sign section of this blog for previous posts and additional photos of the features I look for.   Too often, I see one-word answers to track ID questions online that are rea

One of my favourite things about winter tracking is coming across a wildlife intersection: a spot used by a variety of animals. Often...

Happy New Year and welcome back to my Wildlife Tracks & Sign series. Each week for the next few months, we’ll look at how to identify...

It’s not unusual to see Eastern Coyotes on PEI at any time of the year, but reported sightings tend to go up in late fall and winter as...

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...

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...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! I’ve had multiple people ask...

The recent snowfall has extended PEI’s winter tracking season a bit longer. It’s always fun to come across a wildlife intersection: a...

We’ve been looking at how PEI wildlife adapts to our frigid winter conditions, but what about trees? Unlike animals that take shelter or...