Blue Monday

Posted February 8, 2016

January 18th of this year was known as Blue Monday. It is supposedly the dreariest day of the year, when the weather, holiday debt, and unmet New Year’s resolutions weigh on our spirits. On that day, Mrs. Carbone’s grade 4-5 class from Glencairn Public School came to Laurel Creek for an energy and structures program, and a cross-country […]

Hot Enough for You?

Posted February 3, 2016

Hereby recorded at the Laurel Creek Outdoor Education Centre on February 3rd at 2:55 pm: a temperature of 14 degrees Celsius. However, that is only 10 degrees with wind chill.

Funny Bone

Posted January 28, 2016

During a grade 7 fur trade program today, we found a big bone in the snow. It looked pretty chunky for a deer bone, but it had some meat and gristle still attached to it. A little research suggests it’s the metacarpal bone of Bos Taurus (I bet you look that up…). Perhaps a raccoon stole […]

Winter Robins!

Posted January 8, 2016

It’s not unusual to see a robin or two over the winter, but this morning they number about 100 at the Blair OEE Centre!  On Monday morning this week, following the holidays when the feeders aren’t kept up daily, there was a single robin on the ground under a row of cedars.  Tuesday there were […]

Optimistic

Posted December 30, 2015

Getting out the cross-country skis for grade 5’s next week…

… and counting

Posted December 18, 2015

After reading Sean’s blog below, and the shot across the bow, it seemed I needed to defend my birding-self : ) Since we began this a few years ago it has been a lot of fun and we have both enjoyed comparing notes throughout year. Sean’s sighting of a Northern Shike is significant to me, […]

Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens

Posted December 17, 2015

Outdoor Ed. Guy Al Woodhouse and I have had a friendly contest to see who can see more species of birds at our respective nature centres in 2015. Yesterday I saw a northern shrike, a cool but deadly bird that you can read about here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Shrike/id The shrike brings my yearly total to 103 species. […]

Mist netting at the Dickson for Chickadees

Posted December 11, 2015

[wpvideo yopWVjcm]   This is a time-lapse video of me (Levi) setting up a short mist net, catching some birds, banding them, and then taking it all down again.  I love this little mist net, at only 3 meters long it is very small but very portable. Bird banding and Chickadee feeding has started up […]

Deer Jumps Fence

Posted December 1, 2015

I had the trail camera attached to a fence that is about four-and-a-half  feet tall. The momma deer jumps the fence, no problem. Then the camera shakes around as the youngsters make some kind of attempt to keep up. [wpvideo Oe7V7iY5]

Latest Laurel Creek Trail Cam Videos

Posted September 29, 2015

I have a new spot to set up the camera. There is a fence line that seems to funnel animals along it. These animals wandered by in a 48 hour period. Deer [wpvideo ZW1kTZlu] Wild Turkey [wpvideo b38Wf3Tu] Coyote [wpvideo ZYOcmNZJ]

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