On Jan 27th, the Friends of Valens hosted a bird box building workshop. Though it was a cold and snowy day, volunteers came out to construct 27 bird nesting boxes….
FROM EAST OF ABERFOYLE by Marjorie Clark Over my years here in the Corwhin area of Puslinch, I have had several sightings of the Short-tailed Weasel, an animal not easy…
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From EAST OF ABERFOYLE by Marjorie Clark As I rounded the corner to behind the house, the sky was turning to india ink and there, in the glow of the…
Dear Marion, We have bugs eating our Catalpa tree leaves. I’ve never seen this bug before. It started out on our lilac tree but now prefers our young Catalpa and…
I have a question for Marion. I have a small bird nesting in my birdhouse. It has a very small, canary-like body but it is brown with a buff underside.,…
By Marjorie Clark. To my astonishment, two pups, closely resembling German Shepherds, came racing up the back lane one August day. Across the front field they frolicked and disappeared beyond…
By Marjorie Clark. On March 10, 1896, the Morriston correspondent noted the following: “Grosbeaks – A large number of the grosbeak birds from Labrador have put in an appearance here….
by Marion Robertson. This is the best year, so far, for having orioles come to the feeders. We estimate we have 30 – 40 northern orioles coming to feed on…
By Marjorie Clark. “What has become of the wild pigeons? Years ago, in the spring and early summer – and sometimes in the fall – the sky would in a…
By Marjorie Clark. There was, before long, another type of hunter stalking in the township, too, in the north end. On Saturday, September 21, 1867, the Guelph Hunt Club held…