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2022 HawkFest
By Paul Pratt Holiday Beach Migration Observatory (HBMO) has just completed its 49th year of fall raptor counts at Holiday Beach Conservation Area. Each fall we count hawks passing by the hawk tower at Holiday Beach as well as other diurnal migrants on a daily basis from September 1 to November 30. The dedicated counter this year was Nicole Shangi under the guidance of Hugh Kent, HBMO hawk count coordinator. This year 135,910 migrating hawks [...]
2022 Pop-up Events – A Year in review!
By Howard Williams Twenty-three individual field excursions including 21 pop-ups and two other activities, one organised by Ontario Federation of ornithologists and the other, by the Canada South Land Trust Event at the Kraus property. The 21 pop-ups were attended by an average of 10 members, ranging from a minimum of 5, to a maximum of 25. Generally, we were blessed by good weather an incidence promoted by one of the regularly-attending members. Only one [...]
Lil’ REG 30th Anniversary: 16 February, 1991 to 16 February, 2021
By Ian Naisbitt After a 20-month Covid delay, the Little River Enhancement Group managed to celebrate our 30th Anniversary on Tuesday, 25 October, 2022 at Weston Park in the Town of Tecumseh. Mother Nature served up the perfect day for planting trees. The weather included: a mix of sun and cloud with a bright blue background. There was a moderate zephyr wafting from the south at 20 km/ h and a high of 21 Celsius. [...]
Why return visits to natural areas are useful and enjoyable
By Howard Williams An all-too-common refrain from both children and adults is: “do we have to there again, we’ve been there twice already…” after a suggestion for where to go for a walk or nature study. When it comes to being even a dilettante naturalist, I consider it important that repeat visits to a place, like voting, should be undertaken both early and often. Why? Because nature evolves throughout the year, a snapshot in Spring [...]
Pop-up review: Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve, Aug.27, 2022
By Howard Williams On a beautiful cool, dew-laden sunny morning, nine members set out to walk the loop in this gem of a reserve. Over 35 species of wildflowers and shrubs were seen and identified with a great deal of help from the reluctant leader: Carole Donaldson. Bird observation played second fiddle to plants. Highlights of the walk were: spotting a stand off between a Preying mantis and a small Garter snake, in a thick [...]