Merry Christmas from the world of Lynde Shores
Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby, Ontario has all the trappings of Christmas this year.
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Lynde Shores Conservation Area is a 348-hectare (860 acre) wildlife preserve in south Whitby, Ontario.
White-tailed Deer In The Wild At Lynde Shores
White-tailed Deer In The Wild At Lynde Shores
In mid-March of 2014, Bob and I took a drive out to Thickson’s Woods in Oshawa to look for the Great Horned Owls reported to have been seen in the tall pines there. On our way home, we took a slow drive along Hall’s Road South, which borders the Cranberry West Tract of Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby. There, we espied a small herd of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) lingering in the warm sunshine. Read more
Brown Thrasher At Lynde Shores Conservation Area
Brown Thrasher At Lynde Shores Conservation Area
An early spring rendezvous in Whitby allowed Bob and me to fit in a stop at Lynde Shores Conservation Area while in the area. The Cranberry West Tract turned up no birds of note, but we did spy a family of deer, a young buck, doe and two fawns, that kept their distance in the thick brush. We then popped over to Lynde Shores for a quick tour around the bird feeding trail. Near one of the feeders, a beautiful Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) was tucked low in the crown of a fallen tree. Read more
Double crested Cormorant at Lynde Shores Conservation Area
Double crested Cormorant at Lynde Shores Conservation Area
Bob and I have seen many Double crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the Georgian Bay area when canoeing the Beaver River and in the Minesing Swamp, not to mention right in the town of Thornbury, but we had never come across a member of the species at Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby until on a recent visit there. Read more
Great Blue Heron Sighting at Lynde Shores Conservation Area
Great Blue Heron Sighting at Lynde Shores Conservation Area
Bob and I seem to have a fascination with Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias). These stately birds always demand our attention as this one did on an outing to Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby, Ontario. Read more
Clouded Sulphur Butterfly at Lynde Shores Conservation Area
Clouded Sulphur Butterfly at Lynde Shores Conservation Area
It was rather late in the fall when Bob and I went for a walk at Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby, but glorious sunshine made for an unseasonably warm day. It was no surprise, then, to find numerous butterflies visiting the remaining wildflowers in the meadows within sight of Lake Ontario, butterflies such as this Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice). Read more
Muskrats Eat, Swim, and Dive at Cranberry Marsh in Whitby
Muskrats Eat, Swim, and Dive at Cranberry Marsh in Whitby
On a visit to the West Cranberry Tract at Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby, Ontario, Bob and I were lucky enough to see a Muskrat at the edge of the marsh foraging for food. Read more
Barred Owl We Sighted At West Cranberry Tract In Whitby
Barred Owl We Sighted At West Cranberry Tract In Whitby
On a visit to the West Cranberry Tract at Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby, in Ontario, another keen birder pointed out to Bob and me this Barred Owl (Strix varia) perched high in a tree. Completely at ease, it was wiling away the day quite oblivious of the interested observers nearby. Read more
A Red-Bellied Woodpecker at Lynde Shores Conservation Area
A Red-Bellied Woodpecker at Lynde Shores Conservation Area
With a gusty northwest wind blowing, Bob and I headed to Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby, Ontario. We wondered if the Red-bellied Woodpecker was still lingering in the woods there, and sure enough, I heard its repeated chiff-chiff and rolling churrr before actually spotting the Woodpecker on a nearby tree. Read more