Champions ECO Champions

Links to Resources

 

NEW:  Resources for Group/ Class Leaders -- Build Projects and other activities

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SEVERAL OF THE SPECIES

https://www.ontario.ca/page/species-risk-ontario  All species but the Milksnake described here

https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/endangered-species/? Endangered Species - Nature Canada 

https://canadiangeographic.ca/?s=Topic%3AKids Animal Facts - Canadian Geographic

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/soundlibrary.htm US National Parks Service Sound Library 

https://www.naturewatch.ca/ NatureWatch Canada conducts Citizen Science for several groups of animals

https://www.youtube.com/@HinterlandWW Hinterland Who’s Who - a wonderful series of short, informative videos 

https://incredibleworld.ca/ A series of excellent videos in which youth discover and protect local wild animals and spaces

https://merrickvilledistricttrailssociety.org/ Municipality of Merrickville-Wolford - Guide, maps and interpretation for use on local trails, especially in Nature Notes by Andrea Howard and Stew Hamill

 

FOR ENDANGERED SPACES

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/where-we-work/ontario/news/ncc-protects-83-hectares-of.html Area near Kingston added to protected lands across Canada

https://www.ducks.ca/ Important work is done by Ducks Unlimited

https://ofnc.ca/programs/fletcher-wildlife-garden Create wildlife friendly gardens - Ottawa Field Naturalists Club (The club also has an excellent Young Naturalists program.)

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

https://ontarionature.org/programs/community-science/reptile-amphibian-atlas/species/ Nature Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas

http://canadianherpetology.ca/species/ Canadian Herpetology Society - species lists and details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFvexX1OQpY Hinterland Who’s Who - Freshwater Turtles

https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/endangered-species/blandings-turtle/? Blanding’s Turtle

www.ontarioturtle.ca  Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre and Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre.

https://ontarionature.org/programs/community-science/reptile-amphibian-atlas/stewardship/ What you can do to help turtles and snakes

https://incredibleworld.ca/sara-master/ SARS and Aliens - Mission Possible, the focus is on the threatened Blanding’s Turtle and the Grey Rat Snake.

https://www.naturewatch.ca/frogwatch/ NatureWatch - a Canadian national database begun in 2000; since 2011 co-managed by Ottawa U and partners specifically:  

• https://www.naturewatch.ca/frogwatch/westernstriped-chorus-frog/ 

https://kids.kiddle.co/Western_chorus_frog KIDDLE - a WIKI for kids 

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24267-Pseudacris-triseriata Western Chorus Frog on iNaturalist 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkViQ19JIA4 Hinterland Who’s Who - Chorus Frogs

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/sounds-chorusfrogs.htm Recording of Chorus Frog call (second recording on the page is clearer)

https://www.mister-toad.com/frogcalls.html Super collection of frog calls and videos

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BIRDS

https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide Audubon Field Guide

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide  Cornell University is a leader in bird research and data management

https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/endangered-species/barn-swallow/? Barn Swallow 

https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/endangered-species/bobolink/? Bobolink

https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/endangered-species/whip-poor-will/? Whippoorwill

https://www.youtube.com/user/oiseauxduqc/videos  Donald Lapointe’ YouTube channel has an impressive collection of bird videos, including: 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQBXR3kIikU Least Bittern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuH6i8q476k Voice of the Least Bittern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLVpbyengc Least Bittern – Elusive Bird of the Marsh 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv87CWEZqsqCk0IpPvuly2g Annie G - YouTube - channel features many birds and their calls in Ontario and Qebec, beginning with 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tVxfD5yHE8 Oiseaux du Québec (et d’Ontario) chants & cris #1 #2 et #3

https://www.youtube.com/c/JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME/featured very entertaining videos about many birds. This one is about a Bald Eagle 

https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/animal-facts-bald-eagle Article

https://naturecanada.ca/fr/?s=Bird+friendly+city Nature Canada campaign honours Bird-friendly cities

 

MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/monarch_k6.html NatureMapping Foundation

https://canadiangeographic.ca/?s=Monarch+Butterfly Canadian Geographic - Monarchs

https://kids.kiddle.co/Monarch_butterfly Kiddle an WIKI encyclopaedia for kids

https://www.kidzone.ws/animals/Monarch_butterfly.html Kidzone

https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/invertebrates/monarch-butterfly.html Hinterland Who’s Who

https://wwf.ca/species/monarch-butterfly/ World Wildlife Fund Factsheet

https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/encyclopedias/fauna/insects/monarch-butterfly-sp.html Canadian Wildlife Federation

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/invertebrates/monarch_butterfly/ Centre for Biological Diversity, Arizona

 

BUTTERNUT TREES

https://songonline.ca/nuts/ Society of Ontario Nut Growers

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource-centre/featured-species/plants/butternut.html National Stewardship program 

https://www.rvca.ca/stewardship-grants/butternut-recovery Local Stewardship Program

 

For teachers and parents 

https://sustainablemw.org/  Sustainable Merrickville-Wolford

https://ottawariverkeeper.ca/social-justice-youth-environmental-movements/ Youth take action 

https://www.ontario.ca/page/species-risk-ontario Government of Ontario

https://ontarionature.org/ Ontario Nature 

https://www.rvca.ca/  Rideau Valley Conservation Authority – see Stewardship

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/fr/nous-trouver/ontario/communiques/arche-frontenac-83-hectares.html Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve 

https://www.tvo.org/article/how-captive-breeding-can-help-save-endangered-species TVO 

Species at Risk Camp | Carolinian Canada  Southern Ontario is in the Carolinian Forest Ecozone

https://cvc.ca/  Credit Valley Conservation has effective Youth Programs

http://www.cif-ifc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Vol_5_e.pdf  Excellent resource for teachers

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource-centre/featured-species/ Nature Conservancy of Canada 

inaturalist.org/taxa/1-Animalia iNaturalist is a database for submitting photos and getting identification info; it is organised by species-reporting contributors. Search by animal group. 

https://www.earth rangers.com/EN/CA/eco-anxiety-resources/ Interesting item from Earth Rangers, an international organisation

https://www.endangered.org/campaigns/endangered-species-day/ International celebration

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