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Notes from the Field: Fall 2021

In 3 - Fall, Bats, Birds, Carden Alvar, Community Science, Events, Fauna, Flora, McGee Creek & Cranberry Lake, Nature Reserves & Easements, Property Maintenance, Species at Risk, Stewardship, Truth and Reconciliation by couchiching

While most of our Community Science monitoring activities have finished until next spring, the work of Land Stewards and Maintenance teams never stops.  This fall, Val Holt and Laurie Stanford picked up the mantle of stewarding Church Woods for the very active group of volunteers living around this popular nature …

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How birds keep cool in summer heat

In Birds, Cameron Ranch Nature Reserve, Carden Alvar, Carden Alvar Provincial Park, Little Bluestem Nature Reserve, Marley Nature Reserve, McDarker Nature Reserve, McGee Creek & Cranberry Lake, Severn Woodlands Nature Reserve, Wolf Run Alvar Nature Reserve by couchiching

During one of the very few really hot days we had this summer, a lady asked me how birds keep cool during those conditions.
They have a number of methods of beating the heat.