Tag: shorebirds
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Subject: Please do not disturb
In today’s post, we’ve compiled emails from some of the wildlife that call provincial parks home. Keep wildlife wild, respect wildlife, please do not disturb wildlife. These are common phrases… but what do they really mean? To help break it down, we have compiled a few recent emails from some of our furry and feathered…
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The Piping Plover power couple of Darlington
Today’s blog comes from Piping Plover Biologist Monica Fromberger from Ontario Parks’ southeast zone. Every year, Darlington Provincial Park runs a Piping Plover conservation program to help these special endangered shorebirds. This year, the park’s plover lovers have done it again! Lovebirds Blue and Miss Howard have successfully hatched, fledged, and raised all four of their chicks…
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Driftwood: shaping shorelines and completing communities
For a while, park staff have been wondering: why do some of our guests who come to visit natural environments feel compelled to leave their mark on that beach, waterfall, or lookout after they’ve left? At MacGregor Point Provincial Park, we’ve noticed some changes being made to our shorelines by well-meaning sun-seekers who visit our…
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Banding the wind riders
Today’s post was written by David Bree, Natural Heritage Education Leader at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. It’s a blustery late-May day on Presqu’ile’s beach and a few birders are out watching the shorebirds. The birds wheel in and land for a few minutes of frantic feeding before lifting off again and heading out to disappear over…