PaBIA’s eBlast  July 12, 2023

PaBIA’s eBlast July 12, 2023

Find us on Social Media Volume 15 No. 18 Rainbow after the Storm from "The Hot Dog Stand" by Lily Woodhead Summer is in full swing. We've had beautiful warm, sunny days, and even a bit of rain yesterday. The wind is propelling the sailboats, the calm mornings are...

Who’s Singing

Who’s Singing

Birds are on the brains of the Education Committee lately, with last week’s book review of “Woman, Watching” and this week’s recommendation for the Merlin Bird ID app. Designed for beginning and intermediate bird watchers, the app uses the date and location of...

Marvelous Mergansers

Marvelous Mergansers

by Trudy Irvine, PaBIA's Education Committee How many mergansers do you see in this photo? Three dozen or so? Mother mergansers have their work cut out for them- with the crisply colored green and white males departing shortly after breeding in the spring, the females...

Channel Cat

Channel Cat

by Trudy Irvine, PaBIA's Education Committee This amazing photo above of a lynx (or bobcat?) was taken just west of Steamboat Channel last week. A family was out fishing just west of the narrows about 8 p.m. and noticed the cat 50 feet further to their west, swimming...

ALL CAN BECOME MORE “WAKE AWARE”!

by Ann Doritty and Helen Bryce, PaBIA Education Committee We value the entire PaB community with whom we share this incredible paradise. With the record high water levels we are experiencing this summer, we are all concerned about the impact of boat wakes on swimmers,...

ALCOHOL AND BOATING ARE A DEADLY COMBO

by Ann Dority, PaBIA Education Committee Treat the waterways like a roadway. You wouldn’t get in a car under the influence, so please don’t booze and cruise - ever!Not only is it illegal, but alcohol and cannabis will have an effect on your reaction time. It is unsafe...

Stormy Weather…

by Trudy Irvine, PaBIA Education Committee Fine weather in Georgian Bay is always enjoyable, but most Pointe au Baril residents also thrill to the kind of storms that we had last Saturday night and Sunday morning. It is exciting to watch the rapid approach of slate...