Posted April 23, 2012

The first group of students learn to use the plankton nets and catch some species for microscope examination.

Laurel Creek Earth Day Bonanza

Posted April 23, 2012

We’re here today at Laurel Creek awaiting the arrival of 12 schools around the region to participate in nature-filled program including microscopes, bird banding, and forest exploration. Fingers are crossed for mild winds!

Glenview park’s grade 9 experience at Wrigley’s

Posted April 18, 2012

Our experience at Wrigley’s corner was great! We had a great supervisor, Levi, who taught us a lot about ecosystem on our field trip. We had lots of fun catching different sorts of organisms and observing them in their natural habitats. Even though it was cold in the beginning we tried our best to make […]

Invasion!!

Posted April 16, 2012

You can’t help but notice the abundance of butterflies in our green spaces today – we are witnessing an incredible wave of red admirals (Vanessa atalanta) migrating up from the US.  I have never seen so many, at one time, in one place – it is absolutely phenomenal.  On the video below I estimate there […]

The leeches of golden pond!!

Posted April 12, 2012

Found by Moran, Alyssa, Keara, Jessee and Ann… the leeches are snail and common leeches we named them because they are AWESOME! Dracula, Phillipe, Norman, And the ‘Mexican jumping Leech’

The Warblers are Back!

Posted April 10, 2012

The first wave of Yellow-Rumped Warblers moved through here today, numbering around 20 or so. It was their call-notes that were heard first and a pair of binoculars confirmed them. They (along with Pine Warblers) are usually the first to return. This is a little earlier than most years, but their arrival marks the start […]

Book Review: “Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out” by April Pulley Sayre

Posted April 2, 2012

We are big on reading here at Wrigley Corners.  Last year we received a number of great books (through participating in EcoSchools).  We enjoyed several so much that we thought it might be good to share them.  Sherry Stanbury, a teacher candidate from Queens University volunteered to review and post her thoughts on each and […]

Forest Heights at Wrigley Corners

Posted March 30, 2012

Hello, Mrs. Miller here. I am with my second class of grade nine students this week at Wrigley Corners Outdoor Education Center. We spent the morning on a hike in Dryden Forest to study terrestrial ecology. The students took both biotic and abiotic measurements including: temperature, elevation, GPS, plant and insect counts. We are now […]

Bird count update

Posted March 28, 2012

At Christmas time, Al Woodhouse at the Camp Heidelberg Outdoor Centre challenged me to see which one of us could see more species of birds on his centre’s property in 2012.  We started keeping track on January 1 and the year’s total now stands at: Al (Camp Heidelberg) – 47 Sean (Laurel Creek) – 46 My […]

Hespler at the pond… In March!

Posted March 26, 2012

Hespler Public has braved these suddenly cold (though more seasonal) temperatures to do pond study at Wrigley corners. Air temperature is negative 0.5 and a nice sunny day. The water temperature is 13 degrees Celsius. Groups have been catching lots of leeches, red spotted newts, scuds and back-swimmers.

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