St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club

Category: Aylmer Tundra Swans

  • Aylmer Express articles this week

    The express has two great articles on Catfish Creek AGM.
    The first presents teacher Duncan Sinclair the 2023 Conservation Award.
    https://aylmerexpress.com/2023/03/elp-founder-saluted-by-ccca/

    The second article is a good write up of the things Catfish Creek Conservation Authority
    has done over the year. Missing in the article was that Ron Casier presented a
    talk on the Chestnut trees, with advances and set backs to the program.

    Front page has a picture of Tundra Swans taking off and landing at Aylmer WMA.

    The Maple Syrup festival at Springwater is only a one week event this year. Saturday March 11th
    to Sunday March 19th. Pancakes are 9 dollars and for children 5 dollars. Bird house building is
    available on the 16th Craft Day. Friday features woodcarvers and maple baked goods on Saturday.
    The last day will feature live music, face painting and baked goods by Creative Confection Bake Studio.

    If you want to know what’s going on in Elgin County get the Aylmer Express. All info above was from this
    weeks issue.

  • Duck Rally 2022

    Wood Duck photo taken by Michele Carnerie in Port Stanley harbour.

    With life starting to return to normal, we are pleased to say that the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club annual Duck Rally will be resuming. Next Saturday we start at Aylmer WMA with the Tundra Swans. Amazingly 18 species of duck have been reported in Elgin this month. We also have reports of Ross’s Goose at Port Stanley Lagoons, Snow Goose at Doug Tarry Sport Complex, Sandhill Cranes are back north of Dutton. So far 88 species have been reported for Elgin this month. Should make for a very good first outing in a very long time. Looking forward to seeing everyone next Saturday. Attached is the itinerary for this years rally.