PFN Monthly Meeting: -Environmental Inequity in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough – Members Only
(Slideshow night cancelled) Michael Classens and Stephanie Rutherford will talk about their new partnership with Community Race Relations Committee of Peterborough (CRRC) and Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC), which aims…
2022 Peterborough Christmas Bird Count
Sunday, December 18 is the scheduled date for the annual Peterborough Christmas Bird Count, the longest operated citizen-science wildlife survey in Peterborough. It is an annual tradition for area birders…
PFN Monthly Meeting: Understanding and Conserving the Endangered Small- mouthed Salamander Complex on Pelee Island – Member Only
Thomas Hossie is an Assistant Professor in Biology at Trent University, broadly interested in population and behavioural ecology. His research focuses on two areas: the ecology and evolution of predator-prey…
Winter Birding – Members Only
PFN members can join Chris Risley Saturday, January 14th from 9-11:00 a.m. to do some winter birding. At the location Chris has chosen to visit, chickadees will feed from your…
PFN Junior Field Naturalists – Christmas Bird Count for Kids
Camp Kawartha Environment Centre 2505 Pioneer Rd, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaTo register, e-mail [email protected] and indicate the name and age of each Junior Field Naturalist participant. Details regarding location and other information will be shared with the parents of registered participants prior…
PFN Monthly Meeting: Conserving Caribou – It’s About Time, Space, and Scale – Members Only
Camp Kawartha Environment Centre 2505 Pioneer Rd, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaJim Schaefer is Professor of Biology at Trent University, wherehe teaches ecology, conservation biology, and communicatingscience. He is founding Director of the Trent Centre forCommunicating Conservation, a member of the InternationalBoreal Conservation Science Panel, and a Fellow with theLeopold Leadership Program, dedicated to conveying scienceto the public. In his presentation, Jim will talk about caribou…
Late Winter Birding – Members Only
Steve Paul and Laurie Healey will be leading a birding walk at Rotary Park on Saturday, February 25th from 10:00-1:00 p.m. There is usually a good variety of birds attracted to water, feeders, open fields and treed areas. They plan to walk from Nicholls Oval to Douro Steet and back and meander along the pathways…
PFN Monthly Meeting – Presentations by Three 4th Year Trent Student Recipients of PFN Grants:
Camp Kawartha Environment Centre 2505 Pioneer Road,, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaSpatial scale of Habitat Selection of White-tailed Deer presented by Jenna Knight. Jenna has been looking at the spatial scale of habitat selection of white-tailed deer in the Peterborough Crown Game Preserve in Apsley using GPS collared deer within the game preserve. A Look Into the Diversity and Dispersal of Stinkbugs in the Trent Nature…
Returning Waterfowl on the Otonabee Members Only
The spring migration gets underway with the lengthening days in March and increased hours of sunlight. This trip will visit various locations along the Otonabee River and possibly a bit further north, to find returning waterfowl and early spring migrants. It is anticipated there will be Common Goldeneyes and Bufflehead doing their spring courtship rituals.…
The Fascinating World of a Vernal Pool – Outing Full
In the spring forest when vernal pools melt and fill with rain, life returns to these ephemeral wetlands. As soon as water appears, fairy shrimp hatch and are soon joined by hundredsof other organisms. These are the breeding grounds of wood frogs, spotted and blue-spotted salamanders and numerous other creatures. The salamanders migrate to the…