Environment
Our deep connection to the bay is rooted in sparkling blue waters, granite shorelines, windswept pines and various other flora and fauna indigenous to our region. Our job is to sustain this connection for future generations through mindful stewardship of our natural environment.
A Bountiful Summer Season
The summer of 2023 has brought a bumper crop of both blueberries and raspberries to the region. Longtime Sudbury blueberry vendor, Arthur Choquette, forecast a good harvest earlier in the season, noting that lots of moisture from a good winter snow cover and plentiful...
Mergansers Revisited
Photo of Merganser ‘Family’ taken by Linda Thurber It takes a village to raise a duckling, and sometimes moms just need a break. Photographer Linda Thurber spotted this brave merganser female warily traversing the waters west of Ojibway Bay with at least 27...
Getting in a Flap
Last week on Sagadawong Bay, Linda Thurber captured some amazing film footage of two loons engaging in a behaviour that not even any longtime residents in the area had witnessed before. These videos show one bird madly pursuing the other with the wings...
Nutty by Nature- The Red Squirrel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HleGtR7SLgo Also a bit naughty by nature, this fluffy tailed rodent is the neighbour who demands attention. Able to devastate the interior of any cottage that they can gain access to faster than you can say Tamiasciurus...
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...
Ode’min: The Heart Berry
Ode’min: The Heart Berry Early summer days mean the ripening of wild strawberries, even amongst the rocks of Georgian Bay. These tough little berries are the first fruit of the year, and the whole plant, from roots to leaves, is a tiny powerhouse of beneficial...
Aurora Borealis
by Trudy Irvine, Education Committee Last week’s night skies brought multiple sightings of the Northern Lights over several days in Pointe au Baril. The dancing lights have fascinated and even frightened people for centuries, but as with rainbows in the sun, it...
Dock Spiders
by Trudy Irvine, Education Committee Did you know dock spiders don’t make classic spider webs? That they can walk on water and scuba dive for prey for up to 30 minutes? That while they eat mostly aquatic insects, they can tackle minnows, tadpoles, and frogs up to...
White-Tailed Deer
by Trudy Irvine, Member of Education Committee Videos courtesy of Liz Anderson-Peacock The graceful white-tailed deer is the most widely distributed and most numerous of all the large mammals of North America, and it is always magical to spot them out in the islands...
Afternoon Delight
by Trudy Irvine, Member of Education Committee Photos by Chrystal Barrett (1st one) and Trudy Irvine (2nd) “Gonna find my baby,gonna hold her tight,gonna grab some afternoon delight -my motto’s always been when it’s right, it’s right -why wait until the...