A comprehensive field guide of the fishes in Canadian and the surrounding American waters. This book contains descriptions, illustrations and colour photographs of over 102 freshwater fish. http://www.fishesofessexcounty.com/.
Pick up a copy of this fantastic book at Chapters in Devonshire Mall today. It makes a great gift!
Introducing Windsor-Essex-Pelee Birds or WEP Birds for short – A great site to share your local bird sightings!
WEP Birds is a local birding group page where group members can post sightings, ID questions, general tips, and anything else bird related — things that are unique and interesting to you about this area! The group is open to ALL experience levels from beginner to ‘expert’ and is absolutely free.
Joining the group is simple. Visit www.wepbirds.com and view the instructions to join and start posting today! As new topics are posted to the group, you can be alerted by email (you can select the frequency of the emails in your account) and they will also automatically post to a Twitter account @WEPBirds . Please consider joining the online group today and start sharing your sightings, questions, tips and tricks – anything bird related from our area!
If you any questions about WEP Birds, send an email to Kory Renaud at " target="_blank"> and he’ll get back to you .
Good birding everyone!
Spring will be here before you know it. Instead of planning to plant a conventional garden perhaps you may be interested in planting a rain garden! And we have just the manual to help you make your very own!
Here is a quick refresher on why rain gardens are important.
The west basin of Lake Erie has been seriously impacted by rain water runoff which carries contaminants and phosphorous which in turn fuels large blooms of toxic algae. Rain gardens are green infrastructure than can mitigate this runoff. Rain gardens are constructed around drains and catch basins to collect rainwater before it goes into the subsurface system. Native plants are chosen for their ability to filter contaminants and having high uptakes for phosphorous. The first flush of rain is often the most contaminated so even small rain events can be detrimental to water quality and with a rain garden should greatly reduce that water from ever reaching the storm drains.
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