Birds
Wildlife Park In Aurora, Yes, Yes, We Must Have One
I was behind with my newspaper reading this week. It was last night that I finally took the Thursday The Banner/The Era roll of papers from February 2nd and started to look through. Read More »
Sunday Break, Are You My Shadow? Aurora Skies
Sunday photo showcase. All posts titled Sunday Break are photo(s) only and a quote. Posted photos may not be necessary the most current one and as always it is all about Town of Aurora. Enjoy! Read More »
White Breasted Nuthatch, Found At The Sheppard’s Bush Conservation Area
I saw this tiny White Breasted Nuthatch [Sitta carolinensis] for the first time many years ago, probably 5 years ago at the Roger's Reservoir. The photo wasn't the best as I was shooting across the river, but it made my birding list. Read More »
Pileated Woodpecker, Wow Still Around
It must have been five years since I saw the Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) in the area where the bridge is connecting the Aurora Nokiidaa trail link with Newmarket. Read More »
Yellow Rumped Warbler, Dived For Shelter, Oops
We were having our breakfast when a bird flew into my garden. I wanted to see what kind it was. It was a small bird, and definitely it was not a chickadee. I got up and started to move towards the patio door to investigate further, but then suddenly Read More »
Where Did All The Turtles Go? Autumn, Nature’s Accents & Abstract
Last week I read a story about the 30 lb turtle that was saved in Aurora by the Hadley Grange residents and the police. I never thought that our pond would have something that big. Read More »
Oh Summer Is Almost Over, Fall Accents, Town’s Chaotic Communication
Climatologist say that we are for a nice warm fall, and I am glad. I picked up some little accents of fall the other day walking Nokiidaa Trail boardwalk, and here they are. Chaotic communication - what is that? Read More »
PLEASE Do Not Feed This Duck, That Duck, Any Duck In The Pond
I saw father feeding ducks yesterday in the pond with white bread. He was with a small girl and was letting her feed ducks too. Ducks loved it. Girl enjoyed it. Matthew was doing happy dance. I was about to say something, but I did not. Read More »
Wildlife Camouflaged, The Best Of First Observation Deck & Deceived
'Fast, fast the flying Great Blue Heron! Over there, look over there!' - she directed me. 'Here do you see Green Heron? Come here. Can you see him?' - she pointed out. Read More »
Do We Have A Name? Nokiidaa Trail Link New Boardwalk
Weather this past week was totally unpredictable. According to the forecast, today, tomorrow, rest of the week - no rain, just overcast. Yesterday was right on. Today, the weatherman did not get it right, and as of result we got soaked. Read More »
Humming Hummingbirds, None This Year
I guess I wasn't the only one looking for them. Couple of weeks ago THE AURORAN, Week of July 26, 2011 published in the section Letters to the Editor, a letter from David Tomlinson 'Had hummingbirds drop in on you lately?'. Read More »
Nokiidaa Trail Link, How Do You Know That You Are At The Newmarket Trail?
As far as I can notice, people are really enjoying the new Nokiidaa Trail Link in Aurora accessible from St. John's sideroad. The wildlife is sprouting and so does the population of us Aurorans and Newmarket-oans. Every age group so far. Read More »-
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