Tag: wildlife
Volunteers Plant Trees along Millpond Through TD Tree Days Program
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…
In Defense of the Common
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…
New Organization Established to Help Protect Local Water Courses
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 Death of a Tree
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…
Get Out! July 2019
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…
Get Out – and Speak Out!
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…
What next?!
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…
The Impact of Climate Change on Which Birds We See
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…
Get Out! – Encased in Ice!
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…