Annual Dinner - November 8, 2025

By Paul Pratt Here are the results from the Canadian portion of the 2022 Detroit River Christmas Bird Count. About one quarter of this Michigan count  is on the Canadian side of the Detroit River between the foot of Lauzon Road to the north end of Fighting Island. Highlights of the 60 species seen this year included the first ever Common Raven for the count spotted by Ian Woodfield and Carl Maiolani, 2 Belted Kingfishers, [...]

By Don Bissonnette I was able to collect Statistics from 190 Birdhouses, from 27 Bluebird trails. That is a drop from 2020 Bluebird Committee Report, which had statistics from 214 houses from 32 trails.  You can see all of the Production Charts below.  Now is a good time, to inspect all of your Birdhouses, if you havent done this already. Inspect the Pine Straw beds, & replace them if they are soiled or wet.   Below, [...]

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By Karen Alexander Invasive Species are considered one of Canada’s greatest threats to the survival of our wild animal and plant life.  These species arrive, often accidentally, and establish in the absence of natural predators.  As a result, invasive species kill, crowd out, and devastate native species and their ecosystems. Invasive plants and animals not only threaten wildlife, woodlands, and waterways, but they cost Canada billions of dollars in losses to forestry, agriculture, fisheries, and [...]

By Tera Shewchenko, Invasive Species Centre In the summer of 2021, several sightings of invasive jumping worms were reported in Ontario, predominantly in home gardens. Jumping worms, species of pheretimoid earthworms belonging to several genera including Amynthas, Metaphire, and Pheretima, are native to East-Central Asia and had previously invaded the Northwest and Midwest regions of the United States. They can be introduced into urban gardens through mulch, compost, nursery stocks, or potting mixes from areas [...]