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Redpoll – Common or Hoary?
Well, it’s a couple of days before Christmas, and a bit cooler this morning at -15C. I was outside with our puppy, and noticed that some Redpolls were visiting the bird feeder along with the chickadees, having a bit of a pre-Christmas feast. I thought that they were Common Redpolls, but after some investigation, I’m think they might have been Hoary Redpolls. They move so fast it’s sometimes hard to see the detail. Anyway they are both common to our area. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, found at www.allaboutbirds.org site, you would have to have a sharp eye to notice the difference. Common Redpoll To read more about…
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Save Wolf Lake
Many of you will recall our WNATV Club ride to Paradise Lagoon Wolf Mountain. If you do not remember, check out the photos of the Paradise Lagoon ride in the WNATV Club photos for 2017. I found some new friends which seem to be trying to do some “good deeds” in preserving the wilderness for all to enjoy. They are “The Friends of Temagami”, and you can find them on Facebook by clicking on “Friends” The Friends of Temagami are part of a coalition of groups that are trying to save the pristine nature around Wolf Lake. Have a look at the coalition site at http://www.savewolflake.org Along the WNATV Club ride…
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Trivia: What does James Cagney and the WNATV Club have in common?
As you may be aware, the WNATV Club has a number of rides the members use here in North Eastern Ontario. But did you know what the WNATV Club Rides has in common with the famous U.S. actor James Cagney? I’m not going to spoil the answer, but you will think about it the next time we ride to Rabbit Lake. To find the answer, watch the clip at this address (my apology in advance for the computerized voice!) Trivia Answer
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Downy Woodpecker
Here’s a little bit of info on the Downy Woodpecker from the folks at Audubon.org…… The smallest woodpecker in North America, common and widespread, although it avoids the arid southwest. In the east this is the most familiar member of the family, readily entering towns and city parks, coming to backyard bird feeders. Its small size makes it versatile, and it may forage on weed stalks as well as in large trees. In winter it often joins roving mixed flocks of chickadees, nuthatches, and other birds in the woods. To see the rest of the information, click here on Downy Woodpecker.
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2018 Parade of Lights – Sturgeon Falls – December 7th
Last Friday, the 7th of December, the West Nipissing ATV club was part of the “Parade of Lights” in Sturgeon Falls. A float was entered dressed up with our club banner, our corporate sponsor’s signs as well as a side by side decked out for the occasion. Some 1500 hundred or more lollipops were handed out to the children young and old lining the route. It must be mentioned that the candies were donated by Paul and Nancy’s No Frills of Sturgeon Falls. THANK YOU. Also we have to acknowledge the four individuals who did the work and volunteered their time. They were: Marcel Gascon, Bob Martin, Carl Ritter and…
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The Whiskey Jack
From the files of “Hinterland Who’s Who” The Gray Jay is indelibly associated with Canada’s great northern forests. Quick to learn that humans can be an excellent source of food, the Gray Jay often visits lumber camps, kills made by hunters, and the campsites of canoeists, looking for scraps of anything edible. The bird’s fearless and venturesome behaviour has amused and irked those who work in the forest and earned it many colloquial names such as “meat-bird” and “camp-robber”. Another familiar name, “whiskey-jack”, was taken from Wiskedjak, Wisagatcak, Wisekejack, or other variations of a word used in the Algonquian family of aboriginal languages of eastern Canada to designate a…
Regional trails at their best.
