Kids enjoy Christmas Bird Count at Hilliardton MarshDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter Joanne Goddard is pictured here with an evening grosbeak captured for banding
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For the birds
Hilliardton Marsh hosting social/silent auction fundraiser this weekendSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Birds of a feather, or people interested in nature and birding, will likely flock together this coming weekend when the Hilliardton Marsh Research and Education Centre (HMREC) hosts a social/silent auction at Ali’s
At The Marsh
Marsh trails allowed to grow in
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HILLIARD TOWNSHIP — The walking trails along the berms at the Hilliardton Marsh are becoming grown in with tall grass, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) advised volunteers to leave the grass alone through much of the summer.
Ready, set, fly!
Dallas Robertson, 13, of Kenabeek, is pictured here with a redpoll at the Hilliardton Marsh. The redpoll had just been banded and Dallas was preparing to allow a marsh visitor hold the bird before it was released back into the wild. Dallas is a Grade 8 student at Kerns
Wetland issues wintry invitations
HILLIARDTON (Staff) – Spring cleaning is coming early to the Hilliardton Marsh.On February 7, volunteers will be conducting their annual cleanup of duck nesting boxes.It’s a local celebration of World Wetlands Day, said Bruce Murphy, research and education coordinator at the marsh.Mr. Murphy said the marsh’s