Spring has arrived at Cold Creek

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 Thrush visitor from the West Coast [...]

2009 Songbird Nest Boxes Summary

• 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 [...]