Killbear 2026

Well, we have just returned home from our annual Killbear Provincial Park camping trip. It was a great time as 3 of the 4 kids, our daughter in law Theresa, and 5 grandkids all made it up. We had our usual four sites right on Georgian Bay and thoroughly enjoyed our time there.

I always enjoy birding there this time of year as the park has everything from a great selection of warblers and woodpeckers, bittern, night herons, a heron rookery that had 12 nests this year and was very active, loons and of course lots of Barred Owls.

Our granddaughter Evelynn came back from biking and excitedly announced she had discovered a mother Red Fox and 5 pups. So off we took and these shots were taken as we just sat and watched the pups playfully wrestle around.

Our grandson Ben also had an incredible experience with a pair of loons. While he was out swimming, maybe 50 yards off shore, a pair of loons swam by busy fishing. They didn’t flush and as he just stood still, they continued diving and swimming all around him maybe 15 feet away for an extended period of time. Very cool indeed.