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WECF Anniversary: 40 Years, 40 Trees
By Gina Pannunzio, Stephanie Marshall and Ian Naisbitt “Trees indeed have hearts.” ~Henry David Thoreau Essex County Nature and the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) created a tree planting project to help the WindsorEssex Community Foundation (WECF) celebrate their 40th Anniversary. Our idea was to plant 40 native trees in a natural area or park in the Detroit River Watershed. Gina and I filled out the WECF application form for funding and we were successful [...]
Windsor’s First ‘Urban Birding Challenge’
By Jennifer Nantais Every year, Nature Canada partner organisations across the country celebrate World Migratory Bird Day on the second Saturday in May. As part of the Bird Friendly City Certification process, Windsor has committed to acknowledge and celebrate this day annually. WMBD prizes and education materials 2023 marked Windsor’s first WMDB event organized by the Pelee Island Bird Observatory, which featured 5 days of fun-filled, educational activities including in-person and virtual presentations leading up [...]
The Great Canadian Birdathon – The Egrets
By JoAnn Grondin The Egrets team consisted of team captain Cathy Lapain and member JoAnn Grondin. We were also joined by two of Cathy’s sisters: Peg Mills and Kenlyn Bryant. I started counting around 7:00 am by spotting one of the Bald Eagles that nest on Fighting Island and the Mute Swans that hang around the Island. We met in Essex at 7:30 am. Once Kenlyn’s van was loaded with all our supplies, we headed [...]
Pelee Island Trip
By Howard Williams Over the last 30 years, Dave Kraus has led 25 field trips to Pelee Island for Essex County Nature members. We spent two days there and were capably bussed around the very bumpy roads by Linda Froese to nine stops and kilometres of slow road traverses, hunting for birds and wildflowers. For Carole and I, it was our first visit to the island. We managed to identify over 57 bird species, and [...]
Jane’s Walk Festival 2023
By Carl Maiolani Jane's Walk is an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Jacobs ). On or about the first weekend of May every year, Jane's Walk festivals take place in hundreds of cities around the world. Jane's Walks encourage people to share stories about their neighbourhoods, discover unseen aspects of their communities, and use walking as a way to connect with their neighbours. This year the Windsor-Essex Jane's Walk [...]