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4 days ago
3 min

It's just batty that bats get a bad rap!

In less than 24 hours it will be Bat Week, an international celebration designed to raise awareness about the need for bat conservation.

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Aug 24
3 min

Purple Woods Conservation Area Scavenger Hunt Through the Seasons

Purple Woods Conservation Area is a great place to hike, year-round. Explore this Conservation Area by a Scavenger Hunt Through the Seasons.

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Aug 6
4 min

Monarch Watch – Are you ready???

How you can help your local Monarch butterfly population on Flight of the Monarch Day (Aug. 22), throughout the summer and into the fall.

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Jul 31
2 min

Why do we monitor our coastal wetlands?

July finds our wetland biologist visiting 18 coastal wetlands, monitoring water quality and collecting macroinvertebrate samples (bugs).

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Jul 24
3 min

To rescue or not to rescue?

In our 62 years, that is a question we constantly come up against as a conservation organization.

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May 29
4 min

This North American Butterfly was Named After the First Lord of Baltimore

The Baltimore Checkerspot was named for the first Lord Baltimore due to its similarity of colours in the family crest.

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May 29
3 min

Another Butterfly of Spring - the Red Admiral

Here is your next BFF (ButterFlyFriend): the Red Admiral (Vanessa Atalanta). These butterflies overwinter as an adult, but don't hibernate.

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Apr 28
4 min

Butterflies 101

Let’s start with one of our favourite butterflies, because for us it signals the beginning of spring: it is the mourning cloak.

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Apr 16
2 min

Who let the snakes out? Eek, eek, eek, eek :)

While temperatures continue to increase, this stirs up a reptile that always gets a bad rap: the snake.

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Apr 8
2 min

Signs (and Sounds) of Spring in Ontario - Frogs

Signs (and Sounds) of Spring in Ontario: Frogs. Which are the first two species we hear, typically in April?

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Mar 30
2 min

Bring the outdoors in and explore the exciting world of birds!

Hey, kids! Feeling stuck inside? Why not bring the outdoors in and explore the exciting world of birds!

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Feb 13
2 min

Have you seen CATS at Lynde Shores? Not the feline...

While we have staff dedicated to managing our conservation areas, we cannot be there all the time, so, in come our CATS volunteers!

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Jan 29
3 min

The Real Hoot About Owls

“Who cooks for you?” “Who cooks for you all?” This is the eerie communication call of the Barred Owl that intermittently fills the night ...

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Nov 19, 2019
1 min

Know Snow

Ever wonder why it snows less when it’s colder? Or how do snowflakes start? Or why snowflakes are so different? Temperature and humidity.

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Nov 14, 2019
3 min

The 'Father of Reforestation' left his mark on our watershed

The forest that Zavitz planted in our watershed was his first experimental conifer planting.

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Oct 24, 2019
3 min

Bats aren't scary...extinction is.

Welcome to the first day of Bat Week! Found squeaking helplessly on the forest floor after a stormy night in June, two baby Hoary bats...

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Oct 18, 2019
1 min

You can recycle those Halloween pumpkins for wildlife in your own backyard

You can recycle those Halloween pumpkins for wildlife

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Oct 8, 2019
1 min

Record sightings of Least Bitterns

A record number of eight Least Bitterns were sighted at seven different coastal wetlands in our watershed this summer!

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Sep 27, 2019
2 min

Fall Salmon Spawning Run in Durham Region Creeks

Each fall in our watershed, we collect data on the movement of spawning adult Chinook and Coho Pacific Salmon from Lake Ontario

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Sep 27, 2019
3 min

Turtle Time

CLOCA utilizes turtle monitoring boxes to improve our understanding of turtle populations in the coastal wetlands of Lake Ontario

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