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Early March 2022 Sightings

We kept our March sightings short to allow sufficient time for our AGM followed by a special Algonquin Park presentation by Michael Runtz.

Yes, you’re seeing birds on a brick wall! Agnes Keough wondered if the American Goldfinches on the Hughes’ home in Arnprior were looking for grit and Michael Continue reading →

Club News, Sightings

February 2022 Meeting Sightings

Maureen Carrier reported seeing a Peregrine Falcon in Arnprior; Michael noted that the bird, recorded in the Pakenham-Arnprior CBC, was still around yesterday, February 1.

The Romeskis watched a bird of prey swooping down on, but just missing, a woodpecker. Its size and colour was discussed, with Michael distinguishing between Continue reading →

Club News, Sightings

Noting the calls of the wild

Stuck inside?

What about some sounds of nature to transport you out and away? The whistling of a nightingale. The howl of a gray wolf. The kazoo-like calls of emperor penguins.

To keep his ear trained during a COVID-19 lockdown, French-German composer Alexander Liebermann began transcribing sounds Continue reading →

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