On Jan 27th, the Friends of Valens hosted a bird box building workshop. Though it was a cold and snowy day, volunteers came out to construct 27 bird nesting boxes. A big thank you to all the volunteers that gave…
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FROM EAST OF ABERFOYLE by Marjorie Clark Over my years here in the Corwhin area of Puslinch, I have had several sightings of the Short-tailed Weasel, an animal not easy to spot, due to its astonishingly quick movements. The first…
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Dear Marion, We have bugs eating our Catalpa tree leaves. I’ve never seen this bug before. It started out on our lilac tree but now prefers our young Catalpa and it is infested. Do you know what kind of insect…
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By Marjorie Clark. To my astonishment, two pups, closely resembling German Shepherds, came racing up the back lane one August day. Across the front field they frolicked and disappeared beyond the road. These Coyote pups, born in May, are intelligent,…
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by Marion Robertson. This is the best year, so far, for having orioles come to the feeders. We estimate we have 30 – 40 northern orioles coming to feed on the grape jelly, daily, at the five feeders. We wanted…
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By Marjorie Clark. There was, before long, another type of hunter stalking in the township, too, in the north end. On Saturday, September 21, 1867, the Guelph Hunt Club held its first meet in Puslinch. They began on horseback at…
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by Patrick Raftis. Signs warning motorists to watch for turtles and other wildlife will be going up along a county road here as part of a test project. At the April 27 meeting, Wellington County council approved a roads committee…
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How lucky we are to be able to volunteer at Valens Lake and Christie Lake conservation areas. Every year we clean up and fix wood duck boxes throughout the winter in preparation for spring time occupancy. Then we monitor these…
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There has been a report of a black bear sighting in the area of Concession 11 between CR 34 and CR 36. A neighbor walking their dog noticed claw marks on a tree and set up a night camera to…
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From EAST OF ABERFOYLE by Marjorie Clark As I rounded the corner to behind the house, the sky was turning to india ink and there, in the glow of the backdoor light, it was – a marsupial, gathering up bird…
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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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By Marjorie Clark. On March 10, 1896, the Morriston correspondent noted the following: “Grosbeaks – A large number of the grosbeak birds from Labrador have put in an appearance here. Their beautiful plumage is very attractive and quite a number…
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By Marjorie Clark. “What has become of the wild pigeons? Years ago, in the spring and early summer – and sometimes in the fall – the sky would in a measure be darkened by immense flocks of these birds but…
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At the end of April, we were busy unloading part of the greenhouse in order to attend the annual native plant sale at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton. There were many larval (caterpillar) plants in crates to be carried…
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So listen up to this incredible story. Last year, just as the orioles were fledging, we had 3 days where the weather got super cold and we had torrential rain. One baby oriole had just fledged from her nest and…
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Some years ago, our mother was walking out our lane to collect the newspaper, when a small, slow-moving animal appeared and ambled along beside her. On returning to the house, our mother asked, “What was that little animal anyway?” It…
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