Owner Bill Balkwill reported on July 25, 2007 that four White-tailed Deer had been observed in various areas of the Balkwill Lands. In the early morning a buck and doe were seen in the soya bean crop in front of the Balkwill home. Both animals were large with yellowish colouration.
Later two other White-tailed Deer were seen. One was quite far back towards the wing of the woodland on the east while another was closer to the building area. Varying colouration makes these individuals identifiable, one was reddish and the other yellowish. Bill recognized the single yellowish individual from previous sightings.
On July 27, 2007 Owner Bill Balkwill reported the blooming of several plant species in the Balkwill Woodland. These included Spotted Coralroot (3 plants), Cardinal Flower (13 stalks), Mad-dog Skullcap, and Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata). Many plants of Sharp-winged Monkey-flower were reported from the nearby Thompson drain, adjacent to the Balkwill Lands.
The prairie restoration has a number of plants in bloom including Showy Tick Trefoil, Black-eyed Susan, Gray-headed Coneflower, Prairie Dock, Compass-plant, Virginia Mountain- Mint, and Hoary Vervain.
The White-tailed Deer became a problem in the Balkwill garden, so an electrical fence was constructed by Bill Balkwill and Jack Balkwill. The local Eastern Screech-Owl population was delighted with the new perches, leaving their pellets at the base of several posts.
Many White-throated Sparrows in migration were reported on October 12, 2007 including a pair of Vesper Sparrows.
On October 30, 2007, owner Bill Balkwill said that local Town of Kingsville resident Alan Batke had visited the Balkwill Lands for some photography work. Bill reported that the first pair of Red-breasted Nuthatch to be seen in several years were spotted. The pair were feeding on small black oil sunflower seeds. Bill reported that the birds flew about Alan’s head with one individual singing a remarkably sweet song which Bill had not heard before. White-breasted Nuthatch are frequently encountered on the Balkwill Lands.
Owner Bill Balkwill reported on November 7, 2007 that the Shumard Oaks were beginning to turn red.
Owner Bill Balkwill reported on November 9, 2007 that the “garbage was gone!” Earlier in the week, on November 5, 2007, a local metal transfer company had loaded a container with discarded metal scrap. Pieces of scrap metal had been placed on the glacial erratic pile at the southern entrance to the Old Logging Road over a series of months in preparation for the tranfer to Zalev Brothers.
A record of the metal debris on the Balkwill Lands had been gathered during the Baseline Documentation Report. Bill Balkwill had said on several occasions that he wanted to “clean up” the metal about the woodland. Bill Balkwill and Jack Balkwill slowly worked away at this goal, pulling debris such as old wire and a metal drinking trough from the northwest angle of the woodland to the glacial erratic pile. During temperate weather in November 2006, Jack Balkwill took apart on old vehicle near the Extension Lane as well as a nearby old manure spreader. That particular piece of farm equipment had been purchased and assembled forty years ago but had been discarded in the woodland for many years.
On November 20, 2007, Owner Bill Balkwill reported flocks of American Goldfinch about the lawns near the Balkwill residence. Other bird species included Dark-eyed Junco, Blue Jays and House Finch