On Friday August 13th we hiked from Morris Tract to Benmiller. On walking up Benmiller Line we saw a Great Blue Heron at the pond. It did not fly off as was we crossed the bridge, which is very unusual for herons in our area. It was the first timemore…
Trail Talk 183 August 18th 2021
We had a good hike on Friday on the Maitland Trail section near Bishop’s Road. At the first clearing we saw a large butterfly, that looked as though it would fly off into the forest, but instead settled at the edge for a photograph – a Giant Swallowtail. (The featuredmore…
Trail Talk 182 August 11th 2021
By the time you read this, the Maitland Trail Bioblitz will be well under way. I have made a few submissions and have found that it has been easy to find over 30 submissions within an hour on the trail. Details can be found on the Maitland Trail Website andmore…
Trial Talk 181 August 4th 2021
During the last week I travelled to Sault Ste Marie, and walked a few urban trails. The ones on Whitefish Island are always interesting with the St Mary’s River on one side and the Locks on the other side. There is a thriving beaver colony there and in the eveningmore…
MTA Hiking Events
Maitland Trail John and Marylo Graham Nature Conservancy Trails August 14th, 9am Expect to take about 1 1/2 hours Meet at 80965 Sharpes Creek Line near Bishop’s Rd. No big hills on this section. Pre-register with Patrick Capper by email: pcapper99@gmail.com Maitland Trail Section Hike River Line to Cherrydalemore…
2021 Annual General Meeting
When: August 17th, 7pm, on Zoom To register: email klush2 AT gmail.com > The zoom link and agenda will be emailed to you on August 6th. MTA is wrapping up the paperwork after a crazy year of social distancing! Despite the challenges, the Board of the Maitland Trail Association andmore…
Trail Talk 180 July 28th 2021
At the pond in the Maitland Woods on July 17th it was very different than on my visit a week earlier, as I did not see any frogs or turtles, you never know what you may see from one day to the next. On July 18th I visited Essentially Lavendermore…
Bioblitz 2021 !
Objective: We invite you to join our 1st Bioblitz during the month of August. It is an attempt to help us learn about the common, rare, and invasive species of flora, and fauna that live on, or within 30 m of the trail systems we maintain. This will assist usmore…
Trail Talk 179 July 21st 2021
Between July 9th and 14th I hiked the Maitland Trail section between River Line and Londesboro Road and also part of the trail between Cherrydale Road and Sharpes Creek Line. I saw many varieties of mushroom including some Redish Brown Bitter Boletes, and Yellow Waxy caps. On July 12th Imore…
