Alto Rally on Parliament Hill

Alto Wednesday, June 10 Ottawa If you wish to join in – June 10 rally on Parliament Hill to protest Alto High Speed Rail proposalEvent organized by the Union of Agricultural Producers (UPA, in Quebec) From Save Stone Mills: OTTAWA BUSING UPDATE  A coach bus has been secured! Seating…

Prince Edward County Nature Festival

South Shore Joint Initiative tsonSpodre7a3ha1ghi9hammmchfhgmu73um1fa2hc8ul58815ul4ic78fg0  · Picton  · South Shore Fest — Saturday, June 13Mariners’ Park, Milford • Rain or Shine9 AM to 2 PM • Laser Sky Tour at 9 PMINFO and REGISTRATION: https://www.ssji.ca/2026_south_shore_fest Prince Edward County’s early‑summer celebration is back — free…

Kingston Field Naturalists 2026 BioBlitz

High Speed Rail Concerns – public consultation deadline extended to April 24.

Dear Friends of the Salmon River, You may have heard that ALTO (the federal agency leading Canada’s high-speed rail initiative) is actively considering a southern route for a new high-speed rail corridor through our region. This proposal has significant implications for the lands, rivers,…

Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre

Greetings friends, However you like to celebrate the holidays, we wish you a warm relaxing time with family & friends, and the opportunity to appreciate our beautiful landscape and our magnificent Salmon River watershed. Thank you to Avis Price, FSR member, who researched and wrote this…

Time for Ox-eye Daisy Snacks

OX-EYE DAISY SNACKS My late father never worried too much about weeds on the farm. Crop rotation generally kept most weeds in check, and a sharpened hoe did an adequate job in keeping them out of our potato patch and tomato fields. I know,…

Bird Friendly Garden Plants

Poster courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Birding Abandoned Fields

No doubt you have noticed as you have been driving the back roads this past month, birds flitting around in grassy meadows and darting from bush to bush. This month we check out the “little brown jobs,” the sparrows. They are passing through right…

Watch For Dangers When Out Foraging

When I used to work for a conservation authority in Picton, one of my jobs in early spring was to visit all the local schools and warn the kids of the dangers of playing too closely to fast flowing water and flooded areas. One…

Roadside Ponds, Wetlands, and Other Nooks and Crannies

The idea for this month`s places to bird came from an experience at a little insignificant pond south of Milford about 14 years ago. It is a combination of two small ponds – farm ponds they appear to be, likely spring fed as there…