Wawanosh Wetlands is a conservation area in Sarnia, Ontario. This provincially significant area contains marshes, a memorial forest and a 2.5 km nature trail. The trail includes several vantage points, including a raised viewing area, that allows for excellent birding opportunities throughout the year. As part of the Mississippi and Atlantic Flyway, many bird and waterfowl species stop over during their migration at this location.
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- Drive in via Blackwell Sideroad.
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- Male mallard duck.
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- Song Sparrow belting out a tune.
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- Goslings enjoying a beautiful spring day.
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- Beautiful log building that has since been removed.
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- Beautiful marsh reeds swaying in the breeze.
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- Wildflowers gone to seed.
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- Walk along the one edge of a man-made pond.
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- Hawk platform that wasn’t in use.
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- Rose hips.
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- Some edges of the marsh are obscured by reeds, which is why the raised viewing platform is so nice.
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- Grapes
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- Another part of the 2.5 kilometre trail around the conservation area.
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- Fall Webworm Moth caterpillar
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- Yellow goat’s beard or salsify (non-native).
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- A Japanese Beetle. This non-native species can feed off of more than 250 different plant species.
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- Excellent information board that describes and depicts a wetland.
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- Hard to tell from underneath but it may be a Hickory Tussock Moth?
