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Celebrating Solstice Together, June 20

Paddle with Indigenous elder. Drumming, Songs...

Civitan Club Father’s Day breakfast, June 21

Celebrate dad with a legendary breakfast! Almonte...

Sheila Schroeder — obituary

  Schroeder,  Sheila Rose (nee Smith) Passed away at...

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Backyard Birds

by Brent Eades

Environment

For the Birds

Bird photography by Cheryl Baxter.

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Shady Characters

What is That?

A series about local wildlife.

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What Is That … Early Arrival?

Every year, after making it through a winter full of blustery weather, we are happy to see the reawakening of mother nature, especially at our cottage on White Lake. ...

Report on MVFN talk: “Forgotten Canoe Routes of the Canadian Shield”

April 28, 2026 The Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) held their annual Spring Gathering and welcomed a presentation by well-known canoeist, explorer and writer Hap Wilson.  He described the exhilarating...

Decluttering as environmental action

Emma Brown Everything we own will eventually have to go somewhere. How much stuff do you own? Do you ever think about where it will go when you no longer...
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Backyard Birds

by Brent Eades

Environment

For the Birds

Bird photography by Cheryl Baxter.

Green Talk

Nature

Shady Characters

What is That?

A series about local wildlife.

Wild Parsnip spraying and roadside ecosystems

by Chandler Swain Look at this photo and try to imagine the impact of many other nests like this being clumsily sprayed with herbicide by...

Get ready for Arbour Week in April

In this first week of February, our Tree Committee has been hatching plans for spring.  And this year we are turning our attention to...

What Is That … Attractive Gray Insect?

Well, we are in the depths of winter, even when Ian Black briefly throws some spring-like weather at us.  Winter comes with dull, gray...

What is that … Emerald in the Garden?

What?  Have you lost your grandmother's favourite ring in the garden, the one you promised to cherish forever?  We hope not; thank heaven, we...

Backyard birds, January 5 2020

by Brent Eades After taking a hiatus from this column for a year or two I thought I'd restart it. The premise is pretty simple: these...

What Is That … Purple Flower?

Nature is generous with many shades of purple flowers from early spring violets to late fall asters.  As autumn rolls around, the variety and...

Join the Audubon Christmas Bird Count

Once again it is the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) season! This is the 120th year of Christmas Bird Counts and there are three...

What is that … Newcomer?

Let us say right off the top that 'newcomer' is not exactly correct.  This summer we saw and photographed five new birds and a...

Local citizens promote and preserve our town’s trees

By Jenny Doyle Did you know that  Mississippi Mills has a volunteer Tree Committee? We are a group responsible to Mississippi Mills Community and Economic...

What Is That … White Bear?

Our previous article dealt with signs of fall at our cottage on White Lake.  Another less obvious sign of fall is our friends' planning...

What is that … Sign of Fall?

The most melancholy of seasons is here.  Although we love the crisp, clean smell of the air touched with wood smoke, the absence of...

Mammals and their role in the web of life: Part 2

Part 2:  The current state of wild mammals and how to remediate it By Theresa Peluso Because there’s so much to say about the topic of...

What Is That … Transformation?

Over the last few years we have been pleased to note an increase in the number of adult monarch butterflies visiting, and caterpillars feeding...

Mammals (non-homo sapiens) and their role in the web of life

Part 1:  Where we all began By Theresa Peluso Being mammals ourselves, we perhaps identify more closely with other mammals than with any other class of...
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