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We didn’t have time to fully explore all that the Botanical Gardens have to offer https://www.niagaraparks.com/visit/nature-garden/botanical-gardens-2/ We went to spend time in the Butterfly Conservatory, but first, we explored the tallgrass prairie around the conservatory. The prairie features a variety of wildflowers and grasses, including ironweed, Tall Coreopsis, New England Aster, Smooth Blue Aster, Stiff-leaved […]

Before we took a break, we walked the circular trail past the far ponds. This starts as a wooded trail along one of the ponds and then moves through an open meadow that is full of goldenrod at this time of year. In the pond, we found two Great Egrets and three Great Blue Herons. […]

After a few days of relief from the sweltering heat, the humidity began to climb. On Tuesday, a thunderstorm rolled in just before sunset. You can see in the photos above, and the one below, that some trees have already started to fade from green to yellow and others are turning red. We are told […]

After the rain on Sunday cleared the heat and humidity, we’ve had cooler weather with temperatures as low as 8 degrees C at night. Good weather for sleeping. A few early migrating warblers had been reported at Kilally Meadows Environmentally Significant Area. There is always much to see there, whether we spotted any warblers or […]