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https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/Sparta-Ontario.html29134a5718a2344a06156eedda5e10b7<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xsparta-house-tea-room.jpg.pagespeed.ic.8XonNQwM90.webp" width="325"alt="The village of Sparta, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/mennonites.htmle1849891c5d551549458b69541393990<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/Aylmer-horse13kbwithborder.jpg" width="340"alt="Mennonite horse and buggy, Aylmer, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/lynx-spotted.html037b985d90732355859ae2fbc4359967<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/lynx-spotted-21920913.jpg" width="330"alt="Canadian Lynx" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/white-peacock-sighting.htmlf18d3e601158928a864e489c5e3a0862<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xwhite-peacock-sighting-21953833.jpg.pagespeed.ic.e9z9IR7b07.webp" width="320"alt="Ontario white peacock, close up" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px" Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/tundra-swans.html1c0fb99f6a90d3161d1c417ea43afb13<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/tundra-swans-2019-large-view.jpg" width="330"alt="Tundra swans, Aylmer, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/maple-syrup.htmleb0b23d4d184c2a7c0b6d09b81c2d450<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/maple-buckets.jpg" width="280"alt="Maple Syrup production Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/i-love-raccoons.html8907080c0531fb8ba0b663120b42aee9<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/i-love-raccoons-21889527.jpg" width="320"alt="cute raccoon, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Thu, 9 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/barred-owls.html627e0affae56478e1ced88f6b6b72629<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/barred-owls-21847229.jpg" width="210"alt="Barred Owl Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Wed, 8 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/ontario-police-college.html450f660f47607eace7a7927d7e93fc6a<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xpolice-college-sign.jpg.pagespeed.ic.qO35phzjf5.webp" width="340"alt="Ontario Police College, Aylmer, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Tue, 7 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/birds-in-southern-ontario.htma0fa5966d193e47ea2619f6fbf7fec87<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/robin15kbwithborder.jpg" width="290"alt="Ontario Robin male" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Mon, 9 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/small-grey-owl-using-bird-bath.html379ecf39277194d92f4ed8c6bbe8292a<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/small-grey-owl-using-bird-bath-21893605.jpg" width="330"alt="Ontario small grey owl in birdbath" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/coyotes1.htmldc6901ac0bce9736a96afb0503dfb223<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/coyotes-21221466.jpg" width="320"alt="Ontario Coyotes, close up" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/beaver.htmle71de94559d1d02d56b183784fefe8d9<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/beaver-on-land.jpg" width="280"alt="Ontario Beaver" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:21:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/returning-bald-eagles.html72c8096504d1831aa0ec0b8e0449c77f<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/returning-bald-eagles-21810526.jpg" width="340"alt="Ontario Bald Eagle, close up" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/owls.htmlfc0d6f948b0712bb3f800834ffb666ef<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xgreat-grey-owl-dreamstime_xxl_95661816.jpg.pagespeed.ic.FwsDCWOMP-.webp" width="270"alt="Ontario Great Grey Owl" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/native-canadian.htmla68f0bc1ed014bfa91b3f2d620904dfd<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xinuit-soapstone-carving.jpg.pagespeed.ic.bJMoN6Nhjq.webp" width="290"alt="Indigenous Canadian Art soapstone carving" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/great-horned-owl-ojibway-complex-windsor.htmlf378eff537c3b8f6bfb27995057255da<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/great-horned-owl-ojibway-complex-windsor-21964356.jpg" width="350"alt="Great Horned Owl" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/cardinal.html877aa6ad676f67f6e1ce38bc033a61c2<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/Cardinal-in-snow2.jpg" width="290"alt="Ontario male Cardinal, close up" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/snowy-owl-near-st-thomas.htmlf541a40d7f43799adb25691403279fb8<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/snowy-owl-near-st-thomas-21919923.jpg" width="280"alt="Snowy Owl on a post near St Thomas, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Fri, 6 Feb 2026 20:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/nuthatches.htmlebbf537adc0ac78719a676a85a18d1bc<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/twowhitebreastednuthatches13kbwithborder.jpg" width="280"alt="Nuthatches in winter in Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Wed, 4 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/snowmobiling.html13c93ff73795a95e1dabdad28a900ae8<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xSkidoo-2025.jpg.pagespeed.ic.aG-FXTMgMl.webp" width="310"alt="snowmobiling in Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Mon, 2 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/weasel.htmle5084202aa8aa995dd807c2b459faf2b<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xweasel-21957689.jpg.pagespeed.ic.qCFuQq0L04.webp" width="250"alt="winter weasel in Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Sun, 1 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/winter-in-ontario.htmlfddaa94288a8fa5c4d518df489659c27<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/Pretty-snow22kbwithborder.JPG" width="310"alt="winter in Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Sat, 31 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/chickadee.html6c6010988d0913017dd04154ab61b99d<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/dreamstimefree_1559283-chickadee.jpg" width="310"alt="chickadee in winter in Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/St-Thomas-ontario.htmla110f6cff224ddde8cc63f9e5b41b85f<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/jumbo-4.JPG" width="300"alt="Ontario city of St Thomas, statue of Jumbo the elephant" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/leamington.htmlef9b42d71b64a6d7f9d67d1786b06d98<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/Pelee-island-ferry.jpg" width="310"alt="Leamington, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/great-horned-owl-in-whitby1.htmld4ba7d4e5937f2015b10f6650a02a078<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/great-horned-owl-in-whitby-21967034.jpg" width="300"alt="Great Horned Owl in tree in Canada" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:21:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/bald-eagles-in-lakeshore-ontario.html37d27792010f9ac994c632e1ae475ce1<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xbald-eagles-in-lakeshore-ontario-21954247.jpg.pagespeed.ic.bxMUop5Pnk.webp" width="220"alt="Bald Eagles - widespread in Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Thu, 1 Jan 2026 06:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/northern-flicker.html8e286f478645c4ae706a46ca1272bc33<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/northern-flicker-sitting-onstone-wall-dreamstime_xxl_100578014.jpg" width="240"alt="Collingwood, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/possible-wolf-sightings.html51f5e8b7701abe496011d91ddcd3c5e3Our readers have written to tell us about their Wolf sightings ... <img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/possible-wolf-sightings-21923276.jpg" width="340"alt=wolf in ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/coyote-in-urban-oakville.html4f48cd687d43cd4c8a12b751de168a21<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/coyote-in-urban-oakville-21969654.jpg" width="320"alt="Ontario coyote near Oakville" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/st-thomas-junco.html23db7c484349d8e117ddf5ee359b3b72<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/st-thomas-junco-21944976.jpg" width="260"alt="Junco in St Thomas, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/lynx-in-winter.html2b7c5285da2f62f84cb9ffa04d71a7af<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/lynx-in-winter-21221528.jpg" width="260"alt="Lynx in the snow" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/my-passion.html6cd8ca731d1b20c9f3a36e1d0c8aabd0<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xwoman-with-laptop-2.jpg.pagespeed.ic.dKloGzXCNG.webp" width="230"alt="SBI on laptop computer" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Fri, 5 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/amish.htmlc4287351ecf5e5b313c3620dc5abf257<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/amish-man-working-the-land.jpg" width="270"alt="The Amish" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Mon, 1 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/feeding-cardinal.html29ec66f0ffda757d52edc9443ca95398<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/feeding-cardinal-21967392.jpg" width="280"alt="the beautiful Cardinal feeding on a seed bell" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/owl-in-the-dryer-vent.html5caa002d441c476fe8c82f91b8bcf463<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xowl-in-the-dryer-vent-21888017.jpg.pagespeed.ic.bus5SV4WB9.webp" width="300"alt="owl in dryer vent" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px" Mon, 24 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/niagara-peninsula-possums.html9b88f69514963c04ef6cac5754408f38<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xniagara-peninsula-possums-21954900.jpg.pagespeed.ic.-uMMMQds8H.webp" width="350"alt="Niagara Peninsula Possums" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px" Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/our-visit-to-iceland.html78dd4bce8bca75766cd719eab51d255e<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/Gullfoss.jpg" width="350"alt="Day one of visit to Iceland, Reykjavik " align="left" style=margin-top: 8px" Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/sir-frederick-banting.htmlbe1b556792860b8d543024eb2e212891<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/sir-frederick-banting.jpg" width="230"alt="Sir Frederick Banting" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px" Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/alma-college.html8dd3c86be999567767ef8316a930c82e<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/alma-college-plaque2.jpg" width="330"alt="London, Ontario Possum" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px" Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/american-coot.html0893592b2d3bb7d0f97afec35d6ecaae<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/american-coot-21957496.jpg" width="280"alt="American Coot, Ontario" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/possum-in-london1.htmlf0eef02065fba00ef2e7e6adf0400f16<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xpossum-in-london-21844675.jpg.pagespeed.ic.NwAIrk8awB.webp" width="260"alt="London, Ontario Possum" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px" Fri, 7 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/bramalea-ontario.html00d77375ce958540f2423697ffc38892<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/bramalea-on-21973024.jpg" width="320"alt="Bramalea, Ontario, Canada" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px" Sun, 2 Nov 2025 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/first-time-lucky.htmlf1525d4419b648f09b2e3ee893979330Today at 4:00 pm on highway 402 just south of Sarnia, at the truck weigh station, I spotted an eagle on a branch 8 feet off the ground. I made the mistake
Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:10:45 -0400 https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/northern-lights.htmle4b17530e9f1993a17901bb7d7b08a2f<img src="https://www.discover-southern-ontario.com/images/xnorthern-lights12kb-with-border.jpg.pagespeed.ic.OobA44I9eb.webp" width="330"alt="Aurora Borealis, the northern lights" align="left" style=margin-top: 8px"> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400