wildlife – Lambton Wildlife

13 Sep 2018

Join LWI for Hawk watching at Hawk Cliff – September 22, 2018

Blog, Outdoor Eventbird, birding, birds, butterfly, migration, raptors, wildlife

Hawk Cliff is recognized as one of the prime fall migration hawk watching destinations in all North America. Every year hundreds of birders (and non-birders!) from Canada, the U.S. and other countries visit Hawk Cliff. Birders can normally expect to see 15 different raptor species, with typical count totals reaching several thousand birds per day. On a few exceptional occasions lucky visitors have witnessed the amazing spectacle of over 100,000 raptors of various species migrating past Hawk Cliff in a single day! Others come to enjoy the many song birds and Monarchs that also pass Hawk Cliff on their…

01 Feb 2018

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Springtails?

Blog, Nature Noteswildlife, winter

On a warm sunny winter day, if you venture outside, you may notice what looks like pepper sprinkled on the snow. Look more closely and you will notice that the pepper is moving! Indeed it’s jumping great distances for its size. Its common name is very apt as they can catapult themselves up to 100 times their own body length using an abdominal appendage called a furcular. This structure is what gives the group its name - Springtails. The furcular folds beneath the body and is held under tension until needed, once tension is reached the end slips out of…

05 Dec 2017

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Fall paddle on the Sydenham (2017)

Blog, Natural Areas, Wildlifebird, canoeing, fall colours, Great Blue Heron, river, Sydenham, wildlife

We enjoy canoeing on the Sydenham River in the spring and summer, but probably our favourite season for paddling this river is autumn. This year the month of October had warmer than normal weather and we took advantage of a forecasted picture perfect day with no wind and sunny skies for our last paddle of the season. Heading upstream (north) from near Wilkesport, the north branch of the Sydenham River begins where Black Creek and Bear Creek merge. Either of these tributaries is interesting so we paddled both. Trees on the riverbank were showing their fall colours and leaves floated…

04 May 2017

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

New Wildlife Sighting: Lapland Longspurs

Sightings, Wildlifebird, Sighting, spring, wildlife

A large flock estimated at 500 of Lapland Longspurs was observed on Moore Line in Lambton County on April 26. The birds were foraging in the stubble of agricultural land. The number of birds is more evident when they fly up together. These birds should be well on their way to the far north by now.

17 Jan 2017

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Calling All Lambton Wildlife Nature Photographers

BlogLambton County, Photography, wildlife

After a great response to the LWI nature photography contest, it’s apparent that we have numerous talented photographers snapping shots in Lambton County that are worthy of sharing. Now that the photo contest is over, we’d like to invite you to share your best shots with other Lambton Wildlife members on an ongoing basis. We have started a Lambton County Nature group on the Flickr website. Flickr members (it’s free to join) who are LWI members can join our Lambton County Nature group and by uploading your photos into Flickr they will be automatically uploaded onto the LWI website for…

03 Jan 2017

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Post your Lambton County Nature Sightings

Sightings, WildlifeLambton County, sightings, wildlife

One of the things that the LWI blog posts can be used for is to share Lambton County wildlife sightings with other LWI members. The LWI community is always yearning to know as much as possible about nature in Lambton County, and when you see something interesting it might be nice to write a brief post. Of course providing information on the exact location of nests or vulnerable things should be avoided. Here is an example short post based on a sighting that we experienced back in September: Yesterday, while on our way to Hawk Cliff, we spotted two fox…

07 Dec 2016

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Lambton Wildlife Accomplishments: A 50 Year Review

Historicalhabitat, history, Lambton Field Naturalists, Lambton Wildlife, land trust, Larry Cornelis, nature, protection, wildlife

The following speech was given by Larry Cornelis, Board Member and Head of the Outdoor Committee for Lambton Wildlife, at the recent 50th Anniversary event held at the Sarnia Public Library Theatre. Larry is also a past President. It's with great pleasure and pride that we share on overview of the accomplishments and achievements of Lambton Wildlife since the clubs inception in 1966. (more…)

17 Jul 2016

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Evening Canoe Ride on Ausable Great Way to See Pinery Wildlife

Nature NotesAusable, canoe, Pinery, river, wildlife

When you are looking for something different to do this summer I would like to suggest an evening paddle along the old Ausable River channel in Pinery Provincial Park. It is one of the most enchanting and peaceful places in Southern Ontario. A river which is now only fed by springs, it slowly flows out to the “Cut”, an artificially constructed river channel which travels to Lake Huron. As the sun begins to set, the calmness of the afternoon slowly changes as the river comes alive with animals and birds which have been resting during the day. Actually this is…