Williams Lake Conservation Company

Discovering Nature

admin December 21, 2025December 21, 2025 Conservation, Flora & Fauna, Recreation, Wildlife

Carly Cogswell and Ava MacKenzie of the Cunard Conservation Crew with ‘Explorer Kit: Birds’ on Cunard Pond, Williams Lake. Photo: Cathy Vaughan

What can sleep with one eye open, uses earth’s magnetic field as their GPS, inspired the invention of the airplane, and landed in Nova Scotia’s school curriculum?

Birds! For most elementary and junior high school students in Nova Scotia birds are part of the “Diversity of Life” unit in their science curriculum. Classroom learning covers topics on the anatomy of birds, how to identify them, their migration flight patterns and their importance as indicators of the environmental health of our planet.

Birds of the Backlands – Mourning Dove

admin December 16, 2025December 17, 2025 Conservation, Flora & Fauna, Wildlife

The Mourning Dove is often referred to as a Turtle Dove. Settlers used the name for this North American dove because they closely resembled the Turtle Doves native to Europe and Asia. Today, in many different cultures around the world doves are widely used as powerful symbols of peace, love, and friendship, especially at this festive time.