Chirp Away Winter Blues: Bird Watch in the Watershed
As winter solstice approaches and the evenings are getting darker, those winter blues might sneak in. Thankfully, nature […]
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Great Blue Herons: The Way of the Tree Nester
The Majestic Great Blue Heron If you spend time at our parks, you may have spotted the majestic
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Protect Bugs to Protect Birds
Migratory Birds Return to Southern Ontario With spring comes the return of migratory birds to southern Ontario. You’ll
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Home Tweet Home
Different bird species like to build their nests in different places. You’re most likely to find an American
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A Bird’s Point of View: Fall Migration
Birds Have a Lot to Endure The end of summer brings comforting, familiar feelings like the vibrant colours
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Fabulous Field Finds 2023
Let’s See What Staff Discovered Now that summer is coming to an end, our monitoring, restoration and forestry
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Restoring Grasslands at Upper Credit Conservation Area
A Beautiful Transformation In 2014, we began a grassland restoration project at Upper Credit Conservation Area. The goal
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Protecting Our Watershed’s Special Songbirds
How to Help Threatened Species Bobolink and eastern meadowlark are songbirds that were once abundant across the Credit
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Get to Know Black Birds in the Watershed
Black Bird, Black Bird, What Do You See? Have you spotted big, black birds while hiking our trails
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Litter Bugs and Birds
Create More Bird- and Bug-Friendly Habitat Leaving natural debris like leaves, sticks, dried flowers and plant stems on
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Hummingbirds Will Soon Return for Spring
Goodbye Winter and Hello Spring! One of the most exciting things about spring is the return of wildlife
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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
They say patience is a virtue. For hay growers who delay the hay cut, it also helps save
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Birding in the Credit River Watershed is a Hoot
Winter is a great time to get your binoculars out when tree leaves have fallen and branches are
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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
They say patience is a virtue. For hay growers who delay the hay cut, it also helps save
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Grasslands Aren’t Just Grass!
The Credit River Watershed has several forests and wetlands but grasslands are another important ecosystem that are sometimes
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Wildlife that fool you
Happy April Fools! While we may dedicate one day a year to putting sugar in the saltshaker or
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Woodpeckers March to their own Beat
Spring is almost here. If you listen closely, you’ll hear songbirds announcing their presence with unique melodies. Woodpeckers
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Love in the Credit River Watershed
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, which makes it the perfect time to celebrate love in the Credit
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Gimme Shelter: Local Corporations Bring Birds to the Built Environment
North America has witnessed a rapid decline in bird populations in the last fifty years. Nearly three million birds are
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Jake Grift Reaps the Harvest of Bird-Friendly Certified Hay
It’s obvious when you talk to Jake Grift that farming is his business. It’s clear he works to
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