We will meet at 7:00 AM for departure. No estimated return time. The Canada Jay officially relinquished its former name, Gray Jay and resumed its even earlier name, Canada Jay, last year. It was officially recommended as Canada’s national bird by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. This special outing will be an all- day trip to Ontario’s oldest Provincial Park: Algonquin. The focus of the trip will be to look for Canada Jays and other birds such as Spruce Grouse…

Jerry Ball will lead the first of our popular Sunday morning walks for 2019. The destination will be revealed that day. Bring some change to donate towards gas costs if car pooling and binoculars and spotting scope if you have one. Accessibility: Easy

Discover a hidden treasure and a provincially significant wetland within our City boundaries. Learn about the history of the site, its interesting groundwater-based ecosystems and heritage trees. We will visit the vernal pool to see fairy shrimp and possibly wood frog egg masses. Dylan Radcliffe and Sue Paradisis are the leaders for the afternoon. Dress according to the weather forecast, wear waterproof footwear and bring binoculars. Accessibility: Moderate

This annual PFN evening trip is to look for migrating salamanders and their egg masses in breeding pools. This inventory event will be at the Ingleton-Wells property of the Kawartha Land Trust. We will start by checking the pools in daylight for the eggs of Wood Frogs, Spotted and Blue Spotted salamanders and for some of the many organisms that live and breed in these unique woodland pools. We will also be listening for calling frogs and owls. The trip…

The dusk air of spring carries the mating songs of various species of frogs and the sky dance of the American Woodcock (a.k.a. Timberdoodle). Join Martin Parker for a 2-hour outing to listen to and distinguish between the different species of calling frogs and toads of our region and listen to the courtship flights of the American Woodcock. We will meet at the south end of the Sobey’s parking lot next to Tim Hortons at 7:30 p.m. and travel to…

Our popular Spring Wildlife Walks are back. Most weekends we will meet on Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. in the north parking lot of the Riverview Park and Zoo, Water Street North. From there we will carpool to various birding hot spots as determined by the leader. Outings generally last about 3 hours. Bring binoculars, spotting scope if you have one and change to help with gas. Accessibility: Easy to moderate

Joint outing with Willow Beach Field Naturalists Sunday, May 5, 2019. Leader: Mark Rupke. Meet at 1 p.m. at the Laurie Lawson Outdoor Environment Centre, 8000 Telephone Road, Cobourg. Come and explore this Northumberland Land Trust property. This will be a half day outing. To find out more about the Centre, check out the following: http://nltrust.ca/nlt-nature-reserves/laurie-lawson-outdoor-education-centre/ The google map link for the centre is: https://goo.gl/maps/yLJKA3ft7fL2 This event is organized by the Willow Beach Field Naturalists and as a joint outing…