Matt Keevil 🇨🇦
@mattkeevil.bsky.social
Turtles, population ecology, vintage axes
Stopped for a Blanding’s Turtle trying to cross the road this afternoon. I helped her across but when I walked back I found one that wasn’t so lucky. The drought has dried up the marsh here and there were lots of turtle tracks across the mud and could explain the movement.
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Stopped for a Blanding’s Turtle trying to cross the road this afternoon. I helped her across but when I walked back I found one that wasn’t so lucky. The drought has dried up the marsh here and there were lots of turtle tracks across the mud and could explain the movement.
Bucking a big White Pine log with an axe for fun.
June 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Bucking a big White Pine log with an axe for fun.
Splitting with a faller’s axe. A faller’s axe normally has a shorter handle than you would want for splitting but it still works.
April 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Splitting with a faller’s axe. A faller’s axe normally has a shorter handle than you would want for splitting but it still works.
The lesser sections with knots etc. go to firewood
April 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The lesser sections with knots etc. go to firewood
Also I am saving some planks for paddles? a table? Something…
April 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Also I am saving some planks for paddles? a table? Something…
A tree falls when a faller fells it. A felling axe is an axe used to chop down a tree. A faller’s axe is used by a sawyer to make a tree fall by driving felling wedges. I’m not the fellow that made these rules; I am just a faller that follows them.
April 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A tree falls when a faller fells it. A felling axe is an axe used to chop down a tree. A faller’s axe is used by a sawyer to make a tree fall by driving felling wedges. I’m not the fellow that made these rules; I am just a faller that follows them.
GIRL, INTERRUPTED
(female (I think) Wood Frog on her way to the breeding pond had to be diverted away from my work area)
(female (I think) Wood Frog on her way to the breeding pond had to be diverted away from my work area)
April 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
GIRL, INTERRUPTED
(female (I think) Wood Frog on her way to the breeding pond had to be diverted away from my work area)
(female (I think) Wood Frog on her way to the breeding pond had to be diverted away from my work area)
TREE, DECONSTRUCTED
April 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
TREE, DECONSTRUCTED
It cuts. This tree was a borer-doomed Green Ash
April 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It cuts. This tree was a borer-doomed Green Ash
New-to-me old Aussie Hytest axe on a fresh Rock Elm handle. Bluesky won’t understand but trust me, this is cool.
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
New-to-me old Aussie Hytest axe on a fresh Rock Elm handle. Bluesky won’t understand but trust me, this is cool.
This is not a native species of Canada
March 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This is not a native species of Canada
Indeed. Even as a fan of snags for wildlife, this 114 year old White Ash, which was killed by Emerald Ash Borers, was too nice to leave to rot so I’ve been gradually disassembling it into haulable chunks.
March 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Indeed. Even as a fan of snags for wildlife, this 114 year old White Ash, which was killed by Emerald Ash Borers, was too nice to leave to rot so I’ve been gradually disassembling it into haulable chunks.
Melting snow has revealed a couple final snow tracking challenges! These are not prints but are other signs of animal activity. First one:
March 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Melting snow has revealed a couple final snow tracking challenges! These are not prints but are other signs of animal activity. First one:
Never been personally involved but I did have acquaintances that were talking about TULIP as the trendy Christian intellectual thing, which years later I encountered online espoused by people that I would characterize as ghoulish. I started to connect it to things that bothered me as a kid.
March 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Never been personally involved but I did have acquaintances that were talking about TULIP as the trendy Christian intellectual thing, which years later I encountered online espoused by people that I would characterize as ghoulish. I started to connect it to things that bothered me as a kid.
The snow is melting like crazy but I have at least one more snow tracking mystery:
March 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The snow is melting like crazy but I have at least one more snow tracking mystery:
Three animals crossed our driveway last night, enumerated for today’s snow tracking challenge as 1,2,3 in descending order of size. 1 & 2 are in the 1st photo; 2 &3 are in the 2nd.
March 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Three animals crossed our driveway last night, enumerated for today’s snow tracking challenge as 1,2,3 in descending order of size. 1 & 2 are in the 1st photo; 2 &3 are in the 2nd.
If you see this, quote or quote post a tree.
(Rock Elm, Ulmus thomasii)
(Rock Elm, Ulmus thomasii)
March 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If you see this, quote or quote post a tree.
(Rock Elm, Ulmus thomasii)
(Rock Elm, Ulmus thomasii)
Another snow tracking mystery bsky.app/profile/matt...
March 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Another snow tracking mystery bsky.app/profile/matt...
Yesterday’s snow tracking challenge was so popular I am doing another one today: 4 photos of the same set of prints in E. Ontario today. Who am I?
March 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Yesterday’s snow tracking challenge was so popular I am doing another one today: 4 photos of the same set of prints in E. Ontario today. Who am I?
Another glorious Canadian day 🇨🇦
March 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Another glorious Canadian day 🇨🇦
Closer view of number three
March 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Closer view of number three
A third set from a different animal
March 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A third set from a different animal