The Lang Family Preserve is a relatively small property compared to many of the other properties that The Kensington Conservancy protects. It was donated to TKC by the Lang Family in 2015.
This uniquely shaped property is 8.7 acres in size, but it helps protect a much larger area than that. The Kensington Complex is a series of wetlands in the Desbarats area that are classified as provincially significant. The shape of the Lang Family Preserve could prevent harmful development in the wetland it limits the accessibility of the portions of the wetland beyond this property.
Look how many goslings were together here at the platform! Sometimes, multiple broods will aggregate together, which is what happened here. There were another set of adult Canada Geese nearby in addition to the two who were right with these 30+ goslings.
This small creek flows south from TKC's Ripple Rock Preserve, whose wetland is also part of the Kensington Complex. The creek goes under Kensington Point Road and empties into Lake Huron. The first 35m or so of the creek on the east side of the road are within the boundaries of the Lang Family Preserve. Below is a Swamp Sparrow!
The southern section of the Lang Family Preserve is mostly a mixed forest and doesn't have much of the wetland on it.
I found some evidence of a mammal browsing on some small shrubs on the forest floor. Snowshoe Hare and White-tailed Deer are the two usual culprits of browsing like this. Since it's a very rough cut, it can be concluded that it was a White-tailed Deer. The sharp teeth of a Snowshoe Hare leave a really clean cut, like you would get if you used scissors!