The spring avian migration season of 2022 has apparently lured a most deadly visitor to the headwaters of S/W Ontario. What we suspect, is that H5N1 has descended amongst our wild waterfowl. These colorful happy wanderers may have fallen victim to this insidious virus while wintering south of the border. Thousands of seagulls and hundreds […]
A hardy pair of northern ravens have just finished raising a family of 3 in a most bucolic setting over looking the Credit River just north of Inglewood. These sizable and highly intelligent tricksters are relatively recent returnees to the Caledon Hills. Shunned, shot and poisoned by man for their propensity to eat carrion, farm produce and their dark […]
It would seem that more than us earth-bound commoners, now know that the borders are officially open! Over the last few days, 3 or 4 sizable sedges of cranes have been spotted headed south. These ponderous pilots of the sky have in decades past formed flocks of tens of thousands on their journey south. The […]
The seven sisters that mark the Perseus constellation will give birth to thousands of shooting stars throughout the next three nights. The moon will be setting early this week. Viewings are likely to be best between 11 PM and 2 AM. So gather a few friends in a nearby park, away from most ambient light. […]
One of the highlights of this Easter weekend was spotting five Sandhill cranes. They were observed just north of Inglewood as they repeatedly circled in their efforts to catch the high thermals, while heading north. Could this quintet be part of the Lake Erie (long point) winter population that is slowly recolonizing their historical breeding grounds? […]
In 1962 Naturalist Rachel Carson penned some of the earliest warnings about the consequences of ubiquitous spraying of herbicides. “The fact that every meal we eat carries its load of chlorinated hydrocarbons is the inevitable consequence of the almost universal spraying or dusting of agricultural crops with these poisons”. Predatory birds like the Osprey, Bald […]
#monarch #butterfly #habitat #golfcourses This can be witnessed by the greater numbers that we in the North East are seeing. Habitat recovery has been the real key and interconnecting conservation corridors. Thanks to all the land owners, especially the local golf course that have allowed the Milkweed to grow in the bordering rough. Check out […]
Finally some very good news; The 2016 year represents the first time in over a decade that Monarch Butterfly numbers have increased by 3.5 fold. The estimated number of a 150 million is still a third of traditional numbers from the turn of this century. So there remains lots of work still undone. Perhaps the public […]
Happy Holidays! We hope you are having a wonderful Holiday Season thus far and wanted to share with you what your contributions have helped us do! As you know, Accurate (Peel) Appraisals is extremely dedicated to our communities and consistently strives to make our communities better places for all! However, without your help, none of this […]
This majestic daredevil of the upper thermals was not so long ago on the endangered species list. A probable by-product of many of things highlighted in Rachel Carson’s epic novel, A Silent Spring. Fortunately this past decade allows us the opportunity to watch dozens of these […]