the log

The Log

“The Log” is the newsletter produced by Friends of Ecological Reserves (FER). All the issues are available electronically. For a list of all issues of The Log and their contents see the Newsletter Archive. For a description of The Log see About Friends.

Images of Mahoney lake Ecological Reserve

We have been granted permission to include the following images in our gallery of pictures  for Mahoney Lake Ecological reserve. The first image,  taken in October 2009, is from Marcus Redivos Flickr site, The others are  from Sally Taylor’s Flickr pages of Nov 17 2011. Note the vegetation around the lake as it would be

Research on Song Sparrows. Melospiza melodia on Brackman Island

Dr. Liana Zanette, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Biology , University of Western Ontario has done research on “Perceived Predation Risk Reduces the Number of Offspring Songbirds Produce per Year”. Her website for Zanette Lab carries the most recent research article and has links to excellent images of Song sparrows and their predators,  and