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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.

For the Birds: To Mud Lake and Back again.

by Cheryl Baxter Good Monday Morning! Today I thought I would focus on a favourite place of mine.  A friend brought me there about 3 years...

Children and the great outdoors

 by Theresa Peluso We hear a lot of negative news about the physical and mental health of our children. For example, Active Healthy Kids Canada’s...

For the Birds: Local birds

by Cheryl Baxter Happy Monday to you! This past week has been pretty awesome in terms of birding.  I didn’t actually have to go further than...

For the Birds: A Little Loony

by Cheryl Baxter Good Monday Morning! Happy Day before Canada Day! It sure is a hot one out there today.  For the last few days it’s...

Common Loon family on Clayton Lake

by Brent Eades Karen Riches of Clayton has been posting lovely photos to the Lanark Bird Spot Facebook group of a family of Commons Loons...

Main Street tree of gargoyles

As a landmark of many years along Main Street, the Manitoba maple that grew at the west corner of Union Street was a tree...

For the Birds: Summer Days

by Cheryl Baxter Good Wednesday morning & Happy Summer! I was really hoping to come back from our little trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee with some cool...

Two area students to benefit from Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists’ Cliff Bennett Nature Bursaries

The Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) are pleased to announce that on June 19th Cliff Bennett Nature Bursary awards were presented to two local...

River cleanup a success

by Brent Eades A small but enthusiastic group of volunteers set off in a flotilla of canoes and kayaks Saturday to scour a stretch of...

For the Birds: Persistence is Key

by Cheryl Baxter Good Monday Morning! What a week it has been!  So many different opportunities to see some wonderful birds!  I even spotted a lifer...

Biking birders in fine feather for annual avian adventure

 by Neil Carleton   Since the 2009 launch of Bicycle Month in Mississippi Mills, Birders on Bikes has been a successful annual event for many outdoor...

Shhh!

by Theresa Peluso  There you are on a fine summer evening, sitting by the lake, quietly contemplating the sunset and the croaks and calls of...

For the Birds: Mr. & Mrs. Bluebird are house hunting!

by Cheryl Baxter Good Monday morning! It’s a beautiful day out there today.  I just came in a while ago after I tried to spot the...

Cliff Bennett receives the 2014 Stan Hodgkiss Canadian Outdoorsperson of the Year

 Cliff Bennett of Carleton Place, Ontario is the recipient of the Canadian Wildlife Federation 2014 Stan Hodgkiss Canadian Outdoorsperson of the Year award, in...
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