CANCELLED – Early Wildflowers at Fleming
Starting around mid-April, there is a constant, changing display of beautiful, spring ephemeral wildflowers. In this little forest located on the Sutherland campus of Fleming College, early May has good…
PFN Meeting: Holey Leaves: Gardening for Caterpillars and Other Insects
Basil Conlin is a lifelong naturalist based inPeterborough and Haliburton, and a member of thePeterborough Field Naturalists. An avid “moth-er” formany years, Basil began native plant gardening fouryears ago when he realised the incredible importance ofnative plants to insects and other pollinators. In thistalk, he will share his successes and failures gardeningwith native plants, what plants are…
PFN Meeting: Shifting Distributions of Canada Lynx and Bobcat
Dr. Jeff Bowman is a Senior Research Scientist with the Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and also an Adjunct Professor in the Environmental and Life sciences Graduate Program at Trent University. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of New Brunswick in 1999, and has been with…
PFN Monthly Meeting: Mable’s Mead – Members Only
Katie Andrews started Mable’s Meadow, a registered monarch waystation in Ontario, in an effort to support monarch butterfly conservation. She will speak about how she has raised monarch butterflies over…
Early Fall Migrants at Presqu’ile – Members Only
Presqu’ile Provincial Park, located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, is one of the prime birding locations in the province and hosts lots of other natural wonders. This initial outing…
Peak Migration Birding – Members Only
Chris Risley is our leader for this Saturday morning birding walk. There is a lovely path along the canal at the foot of the South Drumlin Nature Area at Trent…
Lang-Hastings Rail Trail – Members Only
Sue Paradisis will lead a walk along the Lang-Hastings Trail (LHT) from Technology Drive toward Keene Road and back. This section of the LHT travels through two beautiful marshland sections…
Fall in the Cavan Hills – Members Only
Enjoy a 5-kilometre looped hike along a rail trail, ATV trails, and along Dranoel Road. Participants will meet at the home of Lynn & Larry Smith on Tapley 1⁄4 Line in Cavan township. We’ll watch for later fall migrants and enjoy the onset of autumn colour. All participants are encouraged to bring masks and abide by social…
PFN Monthly Meeting: Reptile Rehabilitation and Biology – Members Only
Jeff Hathaway will present results from projects like Saving Turtles at Risk Today (START) and Conservation Action, Research and Education about Snakes (CARES), including habitat protection, population monitoring, filling data gaps, and mitigating threats. As these efforts now include northern Peterborough County, Jeff will discuss opportunities for people to get involved. Jeff Hathaway is the…
Fall Nature on the Farm – Members Only
PFN member Bruce Kidd invites other members to join him and Martin Parker in an exploration of the field and woodlands of his farm property in Douro- Dummer Township. This…