The Festival of Flight begins today! The Visitor Centre will be open daily 7am - 5pm until May 19th.

🦅Daily bird tours are available with an expert birder!

Call 519 674 1768 to book your tour! 🐦

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Jack in the Pulpit is a beautiful spring flower that has the amazing ability to change from male to female and back again from year to year in order to optimize reproduction! 🌸

See this amazing bloom on Spicebush!

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Spice Bush Trail is bursting with spring ephemeral blooms this morning! Hike this trail soon, these blooms won’t last long! 🌸

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[Image 1: Flowers with 3 white petals bloom in a forest.
Image 2: A flower with 3 red petals blooms in a forest.]

You’ll notice some changes in parts of Rondeau. This spring, prescribed burns were conducted throughout the park. These efforts are necessary to remove dry leaves, suppress invasive species and promote growth of native plants. 🔥 🌱

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Have you booked a hike with Rondeau’s bird expert yet? Daily bird hikes with Kevin May 4th -19th. Spots are booking fast, book yours now! 🐦

Call 519 674 1768 to book!

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Downy Yellow Violets are blooming along Spicebush Trail! 🌸

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Trillium are just about to start blooming all over the park. This one is part of a cluster on the back-loop of Tulip Tree Trail! Happy spring ephemeral season! 🌸

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[Image: A white flower with green leaves is beginning to bloom in a forest.]

Early Blue Violets can be seen blooming now at the corner of Water St and Rondeau Rd! Happy ephemeral viewing! 🌸

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Early Buttercup is a beautiful ground-cover, adding a bright flash of colour to forest-edges. This ephemeral can be seen at the bayside entrance to Warbler’s Way! 🌸

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Cut-leaved Toothwort is the ephemeral of the day. This delicate beauty can be found all along Rondeau Road! 🌸

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[Image: A drooping flower with light purple petals and deeply cut leaves blooms in dry leaves with a sunrise in the background.]

👮 The OPP will be conducting training in Rondeau today from 8:30AM-1:30PM. Officers will be seen in marked vehicles, on foot, & on ATVs (except on beaches and trails). The training will not disrupt any park operations. Questions? Contact the park office at (519) 674-1750. 🚔

Dutchman’s Breeches are today’s highlight, blooming just outside of Spicebush Trail! 🌸

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[Image: A cream coloured flower with complex petal shapes and leaves blooms at the base of a tree.]

Spring ephemeral flowers are beginning to bloom! 🌸

Watch roadsides and trailsides for flowers bursting with all kinds of shapes and colours in the following weeks! 🌺

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[Image: A dark green umbrella-like plant remains unopened amongst dry brown leaves.]

The Spring Peepers are singing in the springtime temperatures on Bennett this evening. 🐸

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⚠️ Rondeau Provincial Park is now sold out for day use on Monday April 8, 2024. Only vehicles with a campsite, pavilion or day use reservation will be allowed to enter the park on this date. Cottager access is unaffected.

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‼️ Water Update ‼️
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✔️All taps, comfort stations and trailer dump/fill stations are fully operational. 💦
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Enjoy your first weekend of 2024 camping at Rondeau! ⛺️

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⚠️ Water tap update! ⚠️
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❌ Water taps will remain off due to cold temperatures.
❌ Trailer dumping and filling will be disconnected.
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✔️ South Comfort station will be fully operational during this time.
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Stay-tuned for updates!

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April hours have begun!

Join us at the Visitor Centre Thursday - Sunday 9am-3pm throughout the month! 🌱🌸🍃

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[Image: A brown building with white lettering that reads “Rondeau Provincial Park Visitor Centre” is in a wooded area.]

The solar eclipse is happening April 8th, 2024. Ontario Parks is committed to making the event a safe experience for everyone. Have your questions answered through this blog! 🌞 🌑

ontarioparks.ca/parksblog/2024…

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Warm, spring days are right around the corner, and so is our annual Festival of Flight!

Come celebrate the return of the songbirds May 4-19, 2024. Call the Visitor Centre for more information at 519-674-1768.

[photo: a Prothonotary Warbler sings from a branch in a forest]