HRM Rural Recreation Strategy
Please consider taking HRM’s Rural Recreation Strategy Survey -perhaps with the Williams Lake/Backlands area in mind.
Backlands Spring Migration: Hermit Thrush
Many Hermit Thrushes established their second nests this season.
Wildlife Corridors – Living with Nature
The four-legged, silent marauders mow down your azaleas and roses, then decimate your hosta beds. A stand of white birch is chewed to bits and disappears overnight. Canadian geese camp on your lawn, leaving their nasty deposits. A murder of crows commandeers your pine trees for their noisy nurseries. You can fight back, or you can move over. You are in their wildlife corridor.
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