On Sunday, we packed a picnic and took a road trip to Acorus Restoration, an Ontario Native Plant Nursery. What a beautiful place! It's very quiet, peaceful and so wonderfully green. Aside from the nursery, they have walking trails that lead through various habitats for wildlife, all with native plants. We stocked up on native plants for our own front yard naturalization project. The staff is very helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. Arthur and Lola were even invited to go for a swim in the pond to cool off!
We saw the following birds on our walk:
Baltimore Oriole and an Oriole nest, hanging from a tree over the pond.
Wild Turkey
Cedar Waxwings
And new to our life list- the Willow Flycatcher! We were able to ID it based on the shape of the head and a sound recording of it's song.
Yellow Warbler
We also saw Song Sparrows, Eastern Bluebirds, an Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbirds, and Barn Swallows. I highly recommend a visit to Acorus. They have some interesting workshops and you can even camp there if it's too far for a day trip.
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