Not all visitors to Point Pelee National Park are birders. Many come just to enjoy its beauty and to see the most southern tip of land in Canada. The sandy point was much longer but was washed away in a storm a few years ago. Water has a way of remodelling the landscape over and [...]
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People of the Point
Posted in Point Pelee on May 7, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Point Pelee Life Birds
Posted in Point Pelee on May 5, 2009 | 11 Comments »
At the Point Pelee National Park visitors’ centre, a number of items are available for purchase including bird checklist booklets for about $2.00. I grabbed one as we were about to leave and did not take it out of the bag until we were on the way home. The title read, “Liste d’oiseaux” and I [...]
Pelee Marsh
Posted in Point Pelee on May 4, 2009 | 14 Comments »
The Marsh Boardwalk is a one kilometer trail which is close to the entrance of Point Pelee National Park. We stopped here first and looked out at a huge expanse of cattails that extended as far as the eye could see. The floating boardwalk is a most interesting extension into this marsh that otherwise would [...]
Friday Flowers: Canada’s 42nd Parallel
Posted in friday flowers, Point Pelee on May 1, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Point Pelee in southwestern Ontario is a sandy spit of land on the north shore of Lake Erie near the town of Leamington. It is the most southern point in Canada and is equal in latitude to the northern border of California, Rome and Barcelona. Because it is surrounded by water, the temperatures are even [...]
Good Parents
Posted in birds, Point Pelee on April 29, 2009 | 19 Comments »
Raising a family is life’s most challenging undertaking. While we may be equipped with basic instincts for the job, the variables are many and the outcome uncertain. Most parents are loving and attentive with their offspring although our human array of emotions, learned behaviours and cultural influences greatly impact the final product. Good parents are [...]
Birds, birds and more birds!
Posted in birds, Point Pelee on April 28, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Hermit Thrush at Point Pelee My husband and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary yesterday. We went away for the weekend to Point Pelee, the most southern tip of land in Canada. Many birds migrate through this point, crossing Lake Erie northward in the spring and southward in the fall. A small archipelago is in [...]
