On the morning if Saturday, September 14th, while many were attending the Grand Opening celebrations at the new Cavan Monaghan Community Centre, a group of more than fifty volunteers were down the hill participating with Otonabee Conservation Regional Authority (ORCA) staff planting native trees and shrubs as part of the… Continue reading
Some birds you look up to see on the wing and some you have to look up in a book. On a good day, you’ll encounter both. On a good day, maybe hiking on Medd’s Mountain on a crisp morning with dry leaves swirling around your ankles, or strolling amid… Continue reading
Growing up in the area has fueled a passion for the outdoors in Scott Calder and his wife Cori Carveth. They hope to share this love with their young daughter, but why stop there? The couple has been approved to launch a local chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada which will… Continue reading
The Distillery Street entrance to Medd’s Mountain Park is still blocked off; but you can walk beside the fencing and enter the park. As well, you can enter the park via the boardwalk from the Old Millbrook School. I really encourage you to walk along this boardwalk, especially at this… Continue reading
The first day of summer was marvellous! That day I discovered that a maple tree that hangs slightly over from the neighbours’ yard was host to two bird nests this season. An oriole chose it for her nest high up in the branches; while quite low a family of vireos… Continue reading
With the summer solstice just a few weeks away, we will soon say goodbye to a very bad winter and a very strange spring. All the spring firsts were delayed this year, from the first sightings of red-winged blackbirds to the long-awaited display of spring ephemerals like trout lilies and… Continue reading
I promise I won’t dwell on the negatives! In my column for March of this year I wrote that this time of year was always two steps forward and one step back but this year it seems more like one step forward and three steps back! But to be positive… Continue reading
The Royal Ontario Museum’s Dr. Mark Peck will talk about how climate change is affecting which birds we see – and which ones we don’t see anymore – at the Historical Society’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday, May 23. All are welcome at this gathering in the Fireside Lounge at… Continue reading
What a bad winter for ice! The cold weather began rather early; but after an initial snowy period the snow disappeared until recently. Unfortunately along with the dramatic rises and drops in the temperature we got quite a bit of rain. And when the resulting standing water froze it produced… Continue reading
