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Carden
Alvar 2014 |
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Ontario's Grassland and Shrubland Bird Capital |
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Prairie Smoke, Carden
Alvar's signature wildflower, at its peak on 10 June 2014 |
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The seed heads create
beautiful drifts of colour moving in the breeze. 10 June 2014. |
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Yellow Lady's-Slipper
orchids were in full bloom on 10 June 2014 |
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The number of Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes
in Ontario is very low at 10 breeding pairs plus some single unmated
birds, such as this one above. 6 pairs are on the Carden Alvar. 10
June 2014. |
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Cattle grazing maintains the habitat for
the endangered Eastern Loggerhead Shrike and other grassland birds,
many of which are species of special concern. |
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This Brown Thrasher
was feeding young on 10 June 2014 |
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Upland Sandpiper, a
shorebird that breeds on alvars, grasslands and rough pastures.
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Male Eastern Bluebird
on the Windmill Ranch sign on Wylie Road, see below. 10 June 2014 |
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A pair of Eastern Bluebirds stayed for a
long time on the Windmill Ranch sign on Wylie Road on 10 June 2014.
Up to this date no bluebirds occupied bluebird box 10, but this pair
was investigating, and on 15 June they were going in and out of
bluebird box 10. On 1 June
2014, Herb
Furniss who operates the Carden Bluebird Trail reported that
Eastern Bluebirds are doing fine but nestings have been later than average.
Herb has 18 active nest boxes with 39 eggs and 44 young. |
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Birding
Guide and Map to Carden Alvar
http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/articles.cardenalvar |
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