Look who’s in our backyard! It’s the Pileated Woodpecker, rare in Southern Ontario but right here in Puslinch. The Pileated is the largest woodpecker in North America, nearly the size of a Crow. Both sexes have a flaming red, crested…
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On June mornings, when I first venture out to weed my flower gardens, I can often hear the call of the American Bittern. It has been described as sounding like a squeaky hand pump. However, not many of us of…
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Thank you to Alison McCrindle for sending us this wonderful photo of wee baby robins spotted on a Mother’s Day hike in Puslinch! Photo credit: Alison’s husband and partner at Chickadee Christmas Trees, Joe Wareham.
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I have a question for Marion. I have a small bird nesting in my birdhouse. It has a very small, canary-like body but it is brown with a buff underside., very plain, no bars or stripes. It has a beautiful…
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According to Bird Studies Canada, the Christmas bird count started in 1900. This makes the count the longest running Citizen Science project. In Canada, approximately 14,000 birders count over 3 million birds from December 14 to January 5. Data is…
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The smiling faces showed that all had a good time on July 15 at the Puslinch Library. Everyone learned about birds of prey from the Mountsberg Raptor Centre. Click here to check out our Events Calendar and find out what…
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THE CATBIRD IS BACK by Marjorie Clark Two days ago, I heard it singing – the Catbird. When we were youngsters in Morriston, Miss Maggie Rappolt, who lived near us, had a beautiful flower garden beside her house. Behind her…
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From EAST OF ABERFOYLE by Marjorie Clark The American Tree Sparrow via wikipedia What are those pretty, small, brown birds, resembling, although larger than, the Chipping Sparrow of summer but inhabiting our feeders and windowsills in winter, you ask? Feisty…
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Dear Marion, This spring we set up five bluebird houses with the hopes of enticing swallows and bluebirds to take up residence. We love watching their little families thrive and also enjoy their voracious appetite for mosquitos! Last year we…
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By Marion Robertson. Every Tuesday morning there is a guided bird walk at Crieff Hills Conference Center. We leisurely walk the property, bird watch and monitor the nesting boxes. Next June 6 will be our last guided walk since we…
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