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According to National Geographic, the town and surrounding area have some of the finest sunsets in the world ...
Carmen from Waterloo sent these charming pictures of nesting hawks ...
We have received several possible Bobcat or Lynx sightings, check them out below ...
The Flying Squirrel is found in deciduous and mixed woods in the eastern half of North America, from southeastern Canada, to Florida, USA.
Readers from Ajax, St Catharines, Richmond Hill, Mississauga, Scarborough and Simcoe wrote to report their RTH sightings ...
This little guy was eating peanuts and chasing black Squirrels in our yard today in Pembroke, Ontario.
Evan wrote ... July 17th, 2021 approx. 11:30 pm I was driving home and spotted a massive cat gliding across highway 55 (Niagara Stone Road) between two wooded areas next to vineyards close to the Virgil round-about.
April 22nd at around the noon hour, I and three others, spotted a very large Osprey flying over Kettle Creek. I found this site to identify the bird.
Your webmistress, Barb, here - I spotted this Turkey Vulture dining on roadkill this afternoon, May 2nd 2022
Neighbours say there have been several sightings of this lone Coyote (or Wolf) in the area.
Vincent from Toronto wrote to tell us of his sighting of this beautiful mystery bird ...
Karen in Courtice wrote ... It was about 5-7 pounds. Dead. Very large teeth. Some fur laying around it but no obvious cause of death.
Paige wrote ... Saw this large cat in the property behind my house in the village of Marmora, Ontario.
I live in Simcoe, Ontario and just saw the most beautiful white Peacock crossing in front of me on Second Avenue ...
Ashley from Nobel, Ontario, wrote to tell about the big cat sighting ...
Cara from Milton wrote ... I came across a Star article, that said in 2008, a couple separated, and had 3 exotic pets: 2 cougars and a black panther. The man released them into the wild, unable to care for them. I believe this was the animal I saw.
Renate from Dunsford said ... We spotted this Opossum on our back deck eating the cat food we accidentally left out.
Josh from Teeswater wrote ... Last year while out on an evening run I heard howling that I had wondered sounded like a wolf in the distance ...
We have received numerous reports of Owl sightings from Windsor to Peterborough, here are some of the most recent ...
Jacintha, Gordon, Loretta, Trudy, Linda, Geoff and Yvonne wrote to report their Opossum sightings ...
Thank you readers for writing to tell us about your Coyote encounters, they are out there and the more educated we are, the safer we will be, and that includes our children and pets.
In 1794 the area was first settled by a group of United Empire Loyalists, and at that time the town was known as Dover Mills and during the War of 1812, American soldiers burned the community down.
Rose from Niagara-on-the-Lake sent us these pictures of her Christmas visitor!
If you're in the London, Ontario, area check out one or two of these ...
It's a field hunter and these photos were taken in the Ottawa Valley in April.
Dee from Cornwall, Ontario, was fortunate enough to encounter an Owl in her yard ...
I was able to get really close to this bird by approaching it slowly and got a great close-up! I could not believe how close I had got to it and it didn't fly away.
The Killdeer is a common type of Plover found all across Southern Ontario and although this is a shore bird, it is also found nesting in fields, gravel driveways and lawns.
These water birds are not ducks but are actually members of a different and distinct species of waterfowl and are not related to Ducks, Coots or Cormorants.
Ken from Hamilton found this little fella in his compost bin...
Continue reading "Opossum just here for the Early Bird special!"