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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...

Science & Nature

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.

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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.

What is that … Spot in the Forest

Several spots in the forest tempt us to stop, relax, and enjoy the view, whether it is the view of the flowers and trees,...

See miraculous migration of waterfowl at Almonte lagoons

Each late summer and autumn, tens of thousands of shorebirds & waterfowl migrate through our area from their breeding grounds down in the sunny...

Festival of the Wild Child draws hundreds

The weekend gave us perfect weather for Festival of the Wild Child. Over 250 children and their families threw themselves into the spirit of...

What Is That … on the daisy?

This summer the roadside near our cottage has been awash with ox-eye daisies.  This sea of yellow and white is pleasant in its own...

Local students awarded Cliff Bennett Nature Bursaries

The Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) are pleased to announce that four local graduating high school students were recently awarded 2019 MVFN Cliff Bennett...

What Is That … Merganser?

As a change of pace, this article focuses on a diving duck rather than following a theme about half a dozen or so beasties. ...

Wildflower walk at Land Trust a success

Gathered around White Pines over 150 years old, and listening to ecologist Cathy Keddy talk about all things botanical, are Sunday's walkers at the...

Help pollinator project near Pakenham, Saturday

Work Bee: Saturday, July 13 at 9 am to noon, 919 Sugarbush Road, to work on the Pollinator Pilot Project to organically manage Wild...

Discover wildflowers, July 14

July is a wonderful time to take a walk and glory in the outbursting of flowering plants.  Do you recognize this flower? It's bloodroot,...

What Is That … Oriental Bird?

We visited Japan and South Korea in April, before the late start to cottage season.  In addition to enjoying the exotic cultures, food, and...

On cats and birds

Rick Edwards Another dead dove in our backyard. In our usually sensitive community of Almonte, I find it surprising that some residents allow their cats...

Birds and their role in the web of life

By Theresa Peluso Just about everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in...

What Is That … Turtle Doing?

It is spring and the snapping turtles are busily laying their eggs along the shoulders of our cottage road.  Unfortunately, our first two sightings...

Turkey vulture times two

by Brent Eades Wendy Rampson shares this excellent shot of a pair of turkey vultures perched on her barn roof. Most readers will have seen turkey...
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