Volunteers on Jack Lake have participated in the Canada Lakes Loon Survey (CLLS) since the program was initiated in the early 1980s. In recent years we have engaged additional volunteers so that the entire lake could be surveyed during the months of June, July and August. We recently made an effort Read more…
I received an email from Gwen McMullen in Warsaw. Her son, Sandy, works at the Unimin Mine and lives on the Galesburg South Road. He drives to work along County Road #6 to the mine. On November 28, he emailed his mom, saying: “I was seeing groups of eagles all Read more…
We live on Clear Lake and have had a number of tress chopped down by a Beaver this fall. I put out a camera to record the activity and this video shows the Beaver at work on Nov. 30. Enjoy! John McGregor, Clear Lake beaver-at-clear-lake-john-mcgregor-nov-30-2016
We saw four swans on Tuesday morning (December 14), feeding together along the Otonabee River, south of Lakefield… beautiful!. At least one had a yellow spot near the eye and I wonder if they could be Tundra Swans. No tags were visible on any of the birds. We saw them Read more…
I greatly enjoyed your article (Dec. 15) about the Gray Jay. I also had a very pleasant and memorable encounter with this intelligent and lovable bird. In 1971 we took our children and those of our neighbours in Ottawa on our annual hike to High Falls near Petroglyphs Provincial Park. Read more…