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#POTW: Mother's Day is Every Day!
PC: Morag McKenzie

Even while warming her eggs, this Mother Swan is working tirelessly to build her nest and new home for her coming cygnets.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the beautiful Georgian Bay area and around the world as together we celebrate the endless love and care that mothers give to their children and families.

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#POTW: Mother's Day is Every Day! PC: Morag McKenzie Even while warming her eggs, this Mother Swan is working tirelessly to build her nest and new home for her coming cygnets. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the beautiful Georgian Bay area and around the world as together we celebrate the endless love and care that mothers give to their children and families.

#POTW: Mother's Day is Every Day!
PC: Morag McKenzie

Even while warming her eggs, this Mother Swan is working tirelessly to build her nest and new home for her coming cygnets.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the beautiful Georgian Bay area and around the world as together we celebrate the endless love and care that mothers give to their children and families.

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#POTW: Mother's Day is Every Day! PC: Morag McKenzie Even while warming her eggs, this Mother Swan is working tirelessly to build her nest and new home for her coming cygnets. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the beautiful Georgian Bay area and around the world as together we celebrate the endless love and care that mothers give to their children and families.

#POTW: Muskrat in Collingwood Harbour ☀️
Photo Credit: Jeffrey Brydges

Collingwood and the Blue Mountains wetlands are teaming with plant and wildlife activity. This muskrat was found meandering through the wetlands in Collingwood's harbour in the Spring 2021. Muskrats make a valuable contribution to wetlands and aquatic communities. By harvesting plants for food and den sites, they create open water for ducks, geese, shorebirds and other wildlife. In addition, a variety...

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#POTW: Muskrat in Collingwood Harbour ☀️ Photo Credit: Jeffrey Brydges Collingwood and the Blue Mountains wetlands are teaming with plant and wildlife activity. This muskrat was found meandering through the wetlands in Collingwood's harbour in the Spring 2021. Muskrats make a valuable contribution to wetlands and aquatic communities. By harvesting plants for food and den sites, they create open water for ducks, geese, shorebirds and other wildlife. In addition, a variety of animals and birds use muskrat lodges and platforms to rest and nest. #savethewetlands

#POTW: The Silver Creek Wetlands 🌊

In partnership with the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority, The Towns of Collingwood and The Blue Mountains, the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust erected new signs on Highway 26 at both the East and West ends of the Silver Creek Wetlands.

These signs ensure residents and visitors alike are aware of the provincial significance of the vast Silver Creek Wetlands.

Covering over 450 acres, the Silver Creek Wetlands are fed by two ...

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#POTW: The Silver Creek Wetlands 🌊 In partnership with the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority, The Towns of Collingwood and The Blue Mountains, the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust erected new signs on Highway 26 at both the East and West ends of the Silver Creek Wetlands. These signs ensure residents and visitors alike are aware of the provincial significance of the vast Silver Creek Wetlands. Covering over 450 acres, the Silver Creek Wetlands are fed by two streams and provide invaluable ecological services including improved water quality, reducing flood damage and erosion and providing a home for the Wetlands' unique flora, innumerable birds and wildlife. Photo Credit and BMWT Signage Program Lead: Chris Mifflin

Today we celebrated the Earth! How did you spend #earthday2021 ?
Carl, Willow and Jean-Jacques Michener collect all the trash - mostly construction waste from a nearby DUNNCAP development- along a short stretch of Collingwood’s Pretty River.

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Today we celebrated the Earth! How did you spend #earthday2021 ? Carl, Willow and Jean-Jacques Michener collect all the trash - mostly construction waste from a nearby DUNNCAP development- along a short stretch of Collingwood’s Pretty River.

#POTW: Common Goldeneye Duck 🦆
Photo Credit and Commentary: Pauleen Home

The male Common Goldeneye adds a bright note to winter days with its radiant amber eye, glistening green-black head, and crisp black-and-white body and wings. The female has a chocolate brown head with the same bright eye that gives this species its name. These distinctively shaped, large-headed ducks dive for their food, eating mostly aquatic invertebrates and fish. This male Goldeneye Duck was seen ...

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#POTW: Common Goldeneye Duck 🦆 Photo Credit and Commentary: Pauleen Home The male Common Goldeneye adds a bright note to winter days with its radiant amber eye, glistening green-black head, and crisp black-and-white body and wings. The female has a chocolate brown head with the same bright eye that gives this species its name. These distinctively shaped, large-headed ducks dive for their food, eating mostly aquatic invertebrates and fish. This male Goldeneye Duck was seen swimming with his mate on a pond near Thornbury. - - - #nature #naturephotography #natureisbeautiful #duckphotography #donate #watershed
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