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Frog Night Out – A walk at Cold Creek (May 6th)

ccgeoff — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:40:42 +0000

If you’re interested in the Dufferin Marsh Frog Watch programme, but can’t make it out on a regular basis, or if you’re interested in learing about the frogs at Cold Creek, and how to tell them apart, come at 8:00 pm on Thursday May 6th for a guided walk to hear the frogs. Meet at the [...]

Spring has arrived at Cold Creek

ccgeoff — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:04:09 +0000

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Spring has officially arrived at Cold Creek Conservation Area in King Township. As of April 2, the tell-tale sounds of Eastern Phoebes, Eastern Bluebirds, and Tree Swallows were added to the sounds of the returning Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Brown-headed Cowbirds. Song Sparrows arrived last week, and the Varied [...]

2009 Nesting Box Tenants

ccgeoff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:11:22 +0000

Box # Type Tenants Box # Type Tenants 1 T Chickadee 27 P Chickadee 2 T Chickadee 2 eggs 28 T Tree Swallow 3 T Chickadee 29 T Tree Swallow 4 T Chickadee 30 T Grass nest 4 blue eggs* move 5 T Empty 31 T empty 6 T Tree Swallow 32 T Wren 7 T Chickadee 33 T Wren * move 8 T Tree Swallow / Wren 34 P Wren 9 P Blue Bird /Wren 35 P Tree Swallow /Wren 10 T Wren 3 eggs unhatched & 1 broken 38 P Tree Swallow/Wren 11 P Empty 37 P Sticks only 12 T Empty 38 P Blue Bird /Wren 13 T empty 39 P Blue Bird nest with 4 dead chicks 14 T Wren* move 40 P Wren * move 15 T Wren 41 P Blue Bird/Wren. 16 T Wren 42 P Wren 17 T Tree Swallow/Wren 43 D Blue Bird /Wren * move 18 T empty 44 P empty 19 T Wren /wasps 45 P Wren * move 20 P Wren 46 S Blue bird/Wren 21 P Swallow/Wren 47 S Wren 22 P Blue bird 48 S Blue Bird 23 T Tree Swallow 49 S Blue Bird 24 P Tree [...]

2009 Songbird Nest Boxes Summary

ccgeoff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:51:50 +0000

• Boxes were monitored to a limited amount April through to July • 44 of 51 boxes were occupied in 2009, 7 were empty. • Some boxes have multiple nests. There were 5 blue bird nests, 5 blue bird and wren nests, 6 chickadee nests, 8 trees swallow nests, 4 trees swallow and wren nests, and 13 [...]

Ontario Birders Raise $136 for Cold Creek Stewardship

ccgeoff — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:11:39 +0000

The celebrity Varied Thrush at Cold Creek Conservation Area is doing his part to help the Cold Creek Stewardship. In addition to attracting visitors from all over Ontario, it helped raise $136.57 – money that will go towards the printing of our new trail guide.

Varied Thrush

When the Varied Thrush’s presence was made known to [...]

Varied Thrush found at Cold Creek

ccgeoff — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:34:03 +0000

Varied Thrush

Newest addition to the Cold Creek Bird Species List

Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)

The latest addition to the Cold Creek Bird Species List is the Varied Thrush. This rare visitor to Ontario was spotted at Cold Creek in early January, 2010, by Geoff Simpson, a Cold Creek Stewardship member. Normally a resident of north-western [...]