Miller Creek and Wildlife Area
Address: 1150 7 Line, Bridgenorth, ON K0L 1H0, it is a bit north of Peterborough and it is an easy drive about 1.40 hours from Toronto. That is why it makes a perfect day trip with your family. So, please come and explore this unique place.
Parking and Admission: No admission fee (it is free of charge) but we had to park on the side of the road and we also saw a few cars parking there as well.
About Miller Creek Trail
This is the information about the trail that I found on the entrance information board, "... 1 km loop winds through a small corner of Miller Creek Conservation Area, a provincially significant class 1 wetland. Several observation points and a series of display sign along the trail, and a viewing tower on a side trail, help you to observe and understand the marsh and its fascinating array of wildlife."
Still about the Trail
Even though the trail is very short for our walk, we still enjoyed it so much and we could complete the loop of the trail twice to complete our walking steps goal. The trail was easy to walk on (not icy) only in a small area, but all was covered by snow instead. At this one point where the wind was blowing the snow all over and it was so satisfying to watch like in the picture above. I took a short walk and we already reach the end of the head loop, which is the wetland. We enjoyed the view there and read some information about the wetland and returned went on our loop. When I got back through the loop, there are two ways I could choose and both feature different themes- one is threes, and another one is forever green trees and grass land (this season was snow land) with bird feeders.
Lookout Tower
From the entrance, there are two paths, one is to go to the trail and another one is to go the lookout tower. It was not a long walk at all. The structure is quite sturdy and it has two levels. I liked to go up to the top level to view the entire wetland. Also, there are two information boards about the types of birds that you find during the spring and summer time.
Bird Feeding
Right after we got to the entrance, there were a lot of kinds of birds flying around there and we could feed them from our hands. I lost my bird seeds and felt sad for my kid that she could not feed the bird, but there was a gentle man there and he shared with us all the rest of his bird seeds before he headed back. We spent a lot of time there to find the birds and we had an incredible feeling when the tiny feet just landing on our palms to get the seeds and flying off. Mostly, we got lot of chickadees coming and they took only the sunflower seeds. Once in a while, we got red-breasted nuthatch. I also saw other kinds of birds like dark-eyed juncos, American tree sparrows, cardinals, and downy wood peckers all along, but they kept distance from us and get their food from the ground or trees only. From the information board, there are 169 species of birds found in the area. If you want to find more information about bird, you could also visit this website https://ebird.org/hotspot/L686321?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec.
And also, another thing is that if you want to listen to the sound of toads and frogs (they also have lot of species of toads/frogs there too) please visit Miller Creek from early April to August.
More Photos of the Birds
Interesting things found along the trail
