Wetlands: Nearby Winter Wonderlands
How do you enjoy wetlands? A great way is during the mid-winter when they're frozen across most of Canada. Since World Wetlands Day 2013 falls on a Saturday this year, [...]
Raptors – Pembina Valley
Come see the raptors! They will be on their way north before we know it. The A Rocha centre in the Pembina Valley provides a comfortable and beautiful place from [...]
A Rocha’s Stewards of Hope
Manitoba Water Stewardship Lake Minnewasta Bank Stabilization Project. Manitoba Water Stewardship has awarded A Rocha Prairie Canada a project grant for stabilizing Lake Minnewasta’s shoreline. This funding will allow the [...]
Raptor Count Plunges
One of the interesting but challenging aspects of monitoring wildlife populations or their activities is to document and explain out of the ordinary results. This was the case for the 2012 birds [...]
Bird Species Identified at the Christmas Bird Count for Kids, Ashbridges Bay, Toronto, January 5, 2013
Anseriformes American black duck Anas rubripes bufflehead Bucephala Albeola common goldeneye Bucephala clangula hooded merganser Lophodytes cucullatus lesser scaup Aythya affinis long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis mallard Anas platyrhynchos red-breasted [...]