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Some people go to the woods to see the birds. Others go to see the birders.

Birder Traffic Jam, originally uploaded by jimfrazier.

This group of birders was spotted in Point Pelee National Park in May 2003. Birder-watching continues to be popular […]

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There is no end to creativity in our area. Look at what someone’s made for giving children birthday fun:

The Hit of the Party, originally uploaded by BettyLovesYarn.

I would have loved this when I was a kid.
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Thanks to all the flickr photographers […]

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Let’s pretend it’s summer.
Welcome to Kingsville, in southern Essex County, Ontario, right on Lake Erie, west of Leamington, east of Harrow. This is an egret just taking off from the water.
Notice the sun is shining.

100_3343 , originally uploaded by gginnbay

Doesn’t […]

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It might be hard to believe since it’s March and there’s snow everywhere, but it completely possible to maintain an outdoor cactus garden in Windsor and Essex County.

Ouch! , originally uploaded by PhotoDocGVSU.

I can’t tell if this photo is indoors […]

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Where were you when the storm hit?
I was on the highway between Windsor and Chatham, trying to get to Toronto. I had to turn off in Chatham and stay the night in a (too pricey) hotel. What can you do when there’s no way to push on? I watched the […]

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Are people still doing this? I was really keen to try geocaching with the family a few years ago but never found a friend with a gps and didn’t want to invest before trying. If you’ve never heard of it, geocaching is like treasure hunting when all you’re given are the global coordinates […]

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