Ball's Falls near St. Catherines, ON - a mountain biking and hiking trail

Ball's Falls near St. Catherines, ON - a mountain biking and hiking trail
Parking is now located at the Centre for Conservation and admission is $5.50 for adults, $4 for students/seniors, $15 for a carload, a membership pass is $70 which is the best value if you come often or want to go to other NPCA areas.

Daredevil Ducks!!

Even though I am a Bluebird I appreciate the over 350 species of birds that fly around at Ball’s Falls! We have a family of ducks living here that I see often and I wanted to share something remarkable about them with you. These are Mallard ducks and the mother often takes her babies out swimming, you should come soon to try to spot them as they will soon grow big and have adventures of their own.

Now take a look at these pictures….notice they are a family of daredevils! The red circles in the big picture show you where the ducks are! The ducklings were just feet from the edge of the waterfall! But the mother was carefully watching her babies and training them to swim hard and fast.

So come by Ball’s Falls when you have a chance and maybe you can spot this family of daredevil ducks!

Nesting Box Draw!!

Hello there, I just had share with you the latest news! You have a chance to win my nesting box! Well, not mine exactly but a new, real bluebird nesting box that the NPCA is giving away at Ball’s Falls. If you want a chance to win it all you have to do is print out the Bluebird Box Ballot from my blog page (that you are on right now!), fill it out and drop it off at the Centre for Conservation at Ball’s Falls. You can will need to put your ballot into the actual box you can win. But you can only get the Ballot here on the blog, so don’t forget to print it out! Once at Ball’s Falls why not spend the day with friends or family but if you are in a hurry don’t worry you can simply drop off the ballot for free.  Just let the person at the front desk know you are here to drop off your ballot and they can let you out of the gate when you are done.  Come on out and get that ballot in so next year you may have your own Boomer in your backyard! The draw will be held on October 21^st and we will post the winner right here so be sure to check back! Good Luck!