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March Meeting with Guest Speaker Lynn Holden

By Tanya March 3, 2023 0

We had over 30 people join our March meeting (between in person and Zoom) to hear from Lynn Holden on World Heritage sites. Lynn took us on a journey across our landscapes to learn about a few of the sites. A World Heritage site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international…

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Outing: Wilson's Falls

By Tanya February 24, 2023 0

The group at Wilson’s Falls in Bracebridge, Ontario. Almost 10 people ventured north to explore the trail that leads to Wilson’s Falls in Bracebridge. The group enjoyed the trail and heard a Raven and Chickadees. A quiet day, but nice to get out none the less. The trail was hard packed, and entered through the…

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Outing: Ramara Trail

By Tanya February 1, 2023 0

Despite damp cold and flat light, five of us had an enjoyable walk today out the Ramara Trail. We had permission to go into Hammock Harbour, and today we counted about 14 Swans – the near ones we could see were Trumpeters (see picture). We also saw about 20 Scaup (don’t know for sure which…

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Christmas Bird Count 2022

By Tanya December 21, 2022 0

Another Christmas Bird Count is in the books, with a number of new records! From the data file, we have records back to 2007. The most impressive of the records was the number of inidividual birds counted – over 11,000 (previous high of 9711). Plus 62 species counted this year, another record! (previous high of…

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Copeland Forest Fall Outing

By Tanya October 5, 2022 0

A small, congenial group of naturalists met in P2 of Copeland Forest at 10 am for a Fall walk. Included in the group were 5 members of the Orillia Naturalists and 2 guests. As with most of our outings, we proceeded at a slow pace, casting our eyes around looking for what we could identify…

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2022 Eastern Bluebird Update

By Tanya September 26, 2022 0

Leanore Wiancko provides this update for the 2022 season on the 29 Bluebird boxes that she maintains and monitors along the 12th Concession in Oro Medonte and Bass Lake Sideroad.   Without doubt, this was the worst year for bluebirds at 16 fledged. The cold nights prior to May 24 left four dead and very little…

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May Meeting

By Barb Ryckman May 5, 2022 0

May 3, 2022 we met in person for our first in person meeting in 2 years. It was a blended meeting with 13 people in person and 17 people attending via Zoom, including our speaker, Megan Bonenfant of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Megan gave an enthusiastic talk about the Nature Conservancy and about her…

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April Meeting

By Tanya April 12, 2022 0

Jennifer Doubt from the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa joined us via Zoom on April 6 at 7:00 pm. Her subject was: Some ecological roles of mosses, and some wonders of peatBeing very small, to the human eye, bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts) sometimes don’t get the credit they deserve for the many essential…

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NATURE BOOK OF THE MONTH

By Tanya February 1, 2022 0
young girl reading a nature book

The March Nature book of the Month is Nature’s Best Hope, a new approach to conservation that begins in your yard, by Douglas W Tallamy. It is reviewed by Sharon Hancock, long time member of the ONC, and famous for her dinners, (with the help of Ron). The April Nature Book of the Month is Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom and Knowledge…

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Christmas Bird Count Recap

By Tanya December 23, 2021 0

Nine teams had a tough job with the weather this year, with cool temperatures and snow almost the entire day. Even in those conditions, there were some new records of note. It was apparent how important bird feeders are to count numbers! 6905   TOTAL BIRDS 264     (Total individuals) Species in Count Week or Unidentified 63 …

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2021 Bluebird Update

By Tanya December 4, 2021 0

Leanore Wianko provided an update on the 29 Bluebird boxes that she maintains and monitors along the 12th Concession in Oro Medonte and Bass Lake Sideroad. Number of Fledglings this year: 20 Eastern Bluebirds (worst count ever and not sure why)13 American Robins35 Tree Swallows (a record number)22 House Wrens Leanore noted challenging conditions this…

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THE NATURE BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER IS JUNGLE PEACE BY WILLIAM BEEBE

By helix November 11, 2021 0

Nancy Ironside, ONC member, has reviewed Jungle Peace by William Beebe.When Jungle Peace was published in 1918, Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt wrote a Book Review, published in the New York Times.He advised all who love good books, very good books to get this book of Mr. Beebe. And so do I.Mr. Beebe, he says, was a…

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