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Greetings from the Belvedere House Office.

Today I had a wonderful interruption to a conference call by Christina miming an animal frolicking and pointing excitedly out of our office window. Sure enough there was a big healthy looking coyote ambling up the field towards us.  

Amidst some quiet scuffling, so as not to interrupt the call too much, we snapped a couple pictures of the beast as seen below and in our website gallery. 

Reg says that the coyotes are quite active at this time of the year looking for mates and keeping other suitors at bay. Judging by the looks of this one I don't think he'll have a problem securing a Valentine's date.

 

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Welcome to the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area blog!  We have enhanced our website to be more interactive and will be regularly adding to this blog, posting either by ASCCA staff or guest bloggers. 

Our redeveloped website has been a labour of love for us, and we’d like to hear your thoughts and comments!   The site map that appears at the bottom of every page will give you an overview of the new layout as you take a look around.  You can now upload photos that you have taken at the Area to our website to share with others, comment on the blog, book your hike, and share wildlife sightings.  Join our mailing list to be kept up-to-date on information from the ASCCA.  You can also join us on Facebook for more photos, posts, and event notifications. 

I hope that you enjoy the new features of our website.  The Cross Conservation Area is open throughout the Fall and Winter for hiking and snowshoeing, as well as our Conservation Discovery Education Programs, which are in full swing for Fall.  Check back here soon!

- By Christina Keough, Stakeholder Communications Coordinator

“The future will belong to the nature-smart – those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual world with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need. ”

-Richard Louv - Author of Lost Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle

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Timothy
Phleum pratense
Long stem, tufted, grows in large clumps.  The flower at the tip is very dense, spiky with a hairy fringe. Stands very straight.  Light green in color, that turns to brown through the summer.
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