On Friday August 27th thanks to Cristen Watt’s tender care 35 snapping turtle were hatched from the eggs recovered from the GART. They were launched into the pond just East of CP Line on Friday afternoon by Brian McCulloch and Cristen Watt.  Near the launch site we dug up amore…

On Friday August 20th I hiked the Riverbend loop, there was a bit of a puddle at the gate on Black Hole road and a puddle on the trail at the edge of the pond, both were avoidable.  Unfortunately I lost my ball cap, so on Saturday I returned, butmore…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…