06/20/2026
Okay this one isn't about frogs, snakes, butterflies or bumble bees (well maybe a little)... this one is about the sweetest little grouse!
Volume up to hear her sounds 🔊
Last year, Cole - Lead Biologist for our Native Pollinator Initiative, was surveying for bumble bees at a conservation area in Ontario and happened upon a grouse that became very attached to him. Following him so closely she would trip over his feet, Cole enjoyed the visit from a little feathered friend while he was looking for bumble bees.
Flash forward to this year and Cole is back at the same site. And guess what? The grouse was back. She remembered Cole and spent another day with him surveying for bumble bees 💚 The best part? Cole was covering for another one of our biologists who was out sick. It was meant to be!
We aren't grouse experts but we know a feel good story when we see one.
If you’d like to see more of the work that brought Cole and his feathered field assistant together, follow along next week for Pollinator Week 😉 We’ll be sharing behind-the-scenes field moments, pollinator stories, and simple ways you can help support native pollinators.
More about our Bumble Bee Recovery Program:
Since the 1990s, bumble bee numbers have been plummeting and that spells ecological disaster. Here at Wildlife Preservation Canada, we work to save at risk species of bumble bee from disappearing by monitoring them in the wild, breeding them for release at our conservation lab in Ontario, and studying their p**p for parasites! We even host special community science events across the province to track population sizes, locate declining populations and provide hands-on training programs with the goal of expanding our efforts across Canada. We are the only organization in the country working to rebuild at risk bumble bee populations through conservation breeding.
