27-30 June - Goderich and back home to Kitchener
Our destination after Midland was the cottage of our children's family, north of Goderich. We were aware of a good bird viewing area so we decided to drop in at the Tiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area. The place is open to visitors year-round, and consists of 8.5 square kilometres of marshes, open water, bog, and upland forest. There are 25 kilometres of trails taking visitors to dikes, two observation towers, a marsh viewing mound, and a boardwalk. If you get a chance this gem is worth visiting. We spent about an hour there so didn't see a fraction of what this Marsh has to offer, and I think we could have seen more birds at a different time of year -- during the migrations, for example -- but we did see many birds and enjoyed walking on some of the trails. a pair of Wood Ducks a Female Red Winged Blackbird a Black Tern a black Tern a male Red-winged Blackbird We did learn that there are volunteers in the community who are active in addressing a range of concerns around th...
