October 2, 2011 By Clarke Birchard On a beautiful fall morning 4 club members, one little boy and a visitor from Niagara Falls traveled to Malcolm Bluff Shores Nature Reserve north of Wiarton. It was a return visit for the leader and one member, new for the others. On the way a small flock of …
September 17, 2011 The henge and gardens are located just east of the village of Big Bay located midway between Wiarton and Owen Sound along Grey County Road #1. The henge is a large stone circle for astronomical observations and is about 45 feet in diameter. The 4 acres of gardens were started about 1977 …
By Katherine Robbins (Grey-Bruce and Manitoulin Biologist) The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike (ELOSH) is a bird that may have been seen regularly on cattle pastures in Grey-Bruce 50 years ago, but you wouldn’t know it today. Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) implements the recovery program for this endangered bird and had focused its monitoring efforts mainly in …
Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery in Grey-Bruce Read More »
The members of the Jr. Naturalists’ and the Board of the Saugeen Field Naturalists would like to thank Nancy Reaume for her invaluable leadership. Our events/outings wouldn’t have been the success they were without her extreme efforts. Thank you Nancy for your leadership and friendship. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors. …
By Clarke Birchard This outing was planned for 2 Wednesday evenings because there are so many interesting back roads that still have wooded fence lines, marshes, swamps and river crossings. When part of this township was in my breeding bird atlas square I would go out early in the morning a couple of times a …
By Kim Sayers We met at 6:30 on a chilly but clear May evening for a wild flower walk through the south east trails of Kinghurst Tract of the Krug Forests. We saw many spring flowers but some were closed up because of the cold snap. The trees did not have leaves yet. We did see …
May 4th Spring Wildflower Hike through Kinghurst Outing Read More »
Outing Report for the April 30 Bird Migration Trip from Walkerton to Kincardine to Port Elgin Trip Leader: Dave Schaus, 10 participants–Weather: Sunny, 15 degrees: Species seen: • Common Loon • Pied-billed Grebe • Double-crested Cormorant • Great Blue Heron • Great Egret • Canada Goose • Wood Duck • Mallard • Ring-necked Duck • …
By Clarke Birchard with assistance from Mark Cressman Krug Brothers Furniture Company In 1886 the Krug Brothers Furniture Company was established in Chesley and operated for 101 years until closing in 1987. The property now comprising the Kinghurst Forest Nature Reserve consists of several parcels of land assembled over several years. In 1899 a farm …
By Clarke Birchard with assistance from Mark Cressman By the late 19th century, the government of Ontario became concerned that the settlers had cleared too many trees. The landscape had become barren, light soil was blowing away, orchards were suffering from the drying and freezing effects of winter winds, lanes and roads were blocked by …
Tree Planting in Southern Ontario – A Brief History Read More »
The Long Point Bird Observatory is looking for keen teen birders to apply for the 2011 Doug Tarry Natural History Fund – Young Ornithologist Workshop to be held from Friday, July 29 to Sunday, August 7. Participants will receive hands-on training in field ornithology including bird banding, censusing, field identification, birding trips, preparing museum specimens, …
