Respect for Others’ Property

The LCDA has been made aware of a few individuals who have taken liberties by using other’s private lakeside facilities, such as docks, swim areas, water toys, etc., without asking the owner’s permission.  Owners of these facilities, on top of being...

LCDA: Use Caution Around The Lochaber Centre Property

CAUTION!  Under no circumstances may members of the public enter the Lochaber Centre construction site, which includes all the LCDA property south of the brook where the ball field was previously located! As of Monday, July 22nd, construction of the new Lochaber...

Chanterelles – the time has come.

Ah…the time has come. Warm dry days in July followed by a healthy rain. In the woods for miles around Lochaber the chanterelles are beginning to stir. In a few days, like magic, little beads of gold will begin to shine on the mossy forest floor. Hours later they...

Local Birder Wins Bird Quiz

Announcing Harriet MacMillan, North Lochaber is the winner of the Lochaber Strawberry Festival bird quiz, winning a bird feeder and a bag of black oil seed kindly donated by Shur-Gain Feeds ‘N Needs, Antigonish. Harriet successfully identified all of the quiz...

Something One Doesn’t See Every Day (By David Brown)

There’s certainly something to be said for walking, especially early in the morning.  This morning, when I was out for my daily walk, I noticed this little dark, almost black, head with beady eyes poking out through the grass along the edge of the road.  It was...

A Great Birding Website

The other day David Brown guided me to a new website WWW.Allaboutbirds.org .  The site includes bird guides, bird feeder cams, bird songs and calls, and a section on birding basics to get started.  Of course there is advertising but the amount of entertainment for...