Caledon Trail System Continues to Bedazzle!
Canada’s Great Trail and Ontario’s Bruce Trail intersect often through south Caledon. These historic pathways are ours to cherish preserve and enjoy. Please help keep Caledon Green. Read more here
Canada’s Great Trail and Ontario’s Bruce Trail intersect often through south Caledon. These historic pathways are ours to cherish preserve and enjoy. Please help keep Caledon Green. Read more here
Attention residents of Caledon! Recent sightings of black bears have been reported in the Forks of the Credit, Terra Cotta, and Orangeville areas. In case you come across a bear, it is crucial to contact Bear Wise Ontario at 1-866-514-2327. Remember, if a bear poses an immediate danger to your safety, don’t hesitate to […]
A Rare Sighting of an Endangered Golden Eagle. This Eagle was spotted both in Peel at Beach Grove Sideroad, and in Wellington County. Could the limestone cliffs of the NEC harbour a nest for Canada’s largest avian? If this mature juvenile finds a partner they would be one of less than 20 breeding pairs in […]
Caledon’s Eastern Bluebirds have returned in modestly robust numbers this 2023 spring season. Perhaps wintering in Costa Rica has paled their interest but not their plumage. Birders of every age will be delighted to listen to and watch these industrious avians embark on courtship and nesting. The new Caledon Trailway running north/south out of Inglewood […]
As the leaves come falling down through the later weeks of September. The bi-annual ornithology migration season will be in a full sweep. Save lives by saving money and tempering inflation. We can reduce our energy bills and save more than a billion birds by dimming our lights this migratory season. Artificial Light at Night […]
This week treat yourself to a spectacular double meteor shower. The Perseid and Aquariid constellations will daze us all . Just around midnight, look low on the Eastern horizon. Learn More Here!
The Headwaters of Ontario is blessed with thousands of ponds and wetlands. In their annual migrations to the Boreal forest and the Canadian Arctic, millions of birds rest in these areas. This ornithological wonder can be tabulated by following “BirdCast “on the internet. It is sponsored by Cornell University and tracks mainly the nocturnal migration of […]
The spring avian migration season of 2022 has apparently lured a most deadly visitor to the headwaters of S/W Ontario. What we suspect, is that H5N1 has descended amongst our wild waterfowl. These colorful happy wanderers may have fallen victim to this insidious virus while wintering south of the border. Thousands of seagulls and hundreds […]
A hardy pair of northern ravens have just finished raising a family of 3 in a most bucolic setting over looking the Credit River just north of Inglewood. These sizable and highly intelligent tricksters are relatively recent returnees to the Caledon Hills. Shunned, shot and poisoned by man for their propensity to eat carrion, farm produce and their dark […]
It would seem that more than us earth-bound commoners, now know that the borders are officially open! Over the last few days, 3 or 4 sizable sedges of cranes have been spotted headed south. These ponderous pilots of the sky have in decades past formed flocks of tens of thousands on their journey south. The […]