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Review of our Birding Field Trip at Island Lake, 2026 June 13

Headwaters Nature members were welcomed by our field trip co-ordinator, Josh Pickering, to a beautiful and sunny morning on Saturday June 13th, 2026, for a bird outing at Island Lake Conservation Area.  The group (17 people in total) was happy to note several bird species from the parking lot before we even began our trip and a few fledglings (young birds) along the trail at Rotary Park, including Common Grackle (5) and American Robin (4).  Highlights from Rotary Park were a pair of Cedar Waxwing (2), a Green Heron (1), and a Bald Eagle (1), among the 18 other species within the baseball diamonds, wetland edges, and stormwater management pond at the park. Overall, we saw 49 species of birds!  Josh and others have wonderful birding hearing, as well as keen eyes for spotting birds who are hiding.  As we crossed Highway 10 at 4th Avenue and travelled into Island… Read more »

Headwaters Nature volunteers in action at Willoughby Nature Reserve field trip

  There have been three work parties at Willoughby Nature Reserve on Kennedy Road north of the Grange Sideroad this May and June. Our Chair of Headwaters Nature, Robin Harmer, organized each one. On a rainy morning in June, we spent  about 90 minutes cleaning up small patches of tall Garlic Mustard, and bigger patches of Dog-Strangling Vine —some close to blooming and some just small ones.  We left much of the DSV behind, but I suspect that, had we carried this all out it would have been 2 full bags.  We spent the last bit of time on the right of way trail on the south border. Last spring, Robin’s and Cathy’s hiking group spent quite a lot of time pulling Garlic Mustard there, and it has made a real difference.  There was still some, but much reduced. On the section of the “pink” trail where we did the removal of DSV… Read more »

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