Backlands Spring Migration: Black-backed Woodpecker
This inky black bird with a sharp white stripe on his face is “nearly synonymous” with periodically burned forests like the Backlands, where it feasts on big, juicy wood-boring beetle larvae.
Backlands Spring Migration: Hermit Thrush
Many Hermit Thrushes established their second nests this season.
Backlands Spring Migration: Ruffed Grouse
A fairly small bird, with a short, triangular crest and long fan-shaped tail, seen in the Church of Christ lands, Williams Lake watershed.
Backlands Spring Migration: Long Eared Owl
Sighted in the “flyway corridor” of the Purcell’s Cove Backlands
Which Way Does the Water Flow?
Which way does the water flow? The Williams Lake Watershed is surprisingly extensive, reaching from far north along Dunbrack Street (formerly Northwest Arm Drive), west and south into Spryfield, and beyond the Shaw Wilderness Park on the south and east end of the lake.