It’s Mushroom Season!
Trent University 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaIt's Mushroom Season! Sunday, October 6th 1:00 p.m. Meet at the main door Block C/D of the Life Sciences Bldg., Trent University. Please join amateur mycologists Susan Chow and Radek…
Monthly Meeting: Geological Features of The Land Between in Peterborough County
Camp Kawartha Environment Centre 2505 Pioneer Rd, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaThe area north of the City of Peterborough contains a fascinating array of natural geological heritage features that span a billion years. Ken Lyon, hydrogeologist and PFN member, will introduce rocks of the core of ancient Canadian Shield mountains, plate tectonics and limestones and fossils of the shallow warm Ordovician seas, and Pleistocene drumlins and…
Migrating Birds of the Pigeon Lake area
Peterborough Zoo 1230 Water St, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaMigrating Birds of the Pigeon Lake area Sunday, October 13, 2019 8:00 a.m. Dave Milsom and Matthew Tobey continue the PFN Sunday Morning Birding tradition, this time to the Pigeon…
Hawks Over Cranberry Marsh
Tim Hortons Lansdowne St. West 1200 Lansdowne St W, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaHawks Over Cranberry Marsh Saturday, October 19th, 9-4:00 p.m. Each fall as the hawks and other raptors are heading southwards, they are blocked by the water of Lake Ontario. They…
Pollinator garden with Otonabee Conservation
Junior Naturalist families are invited to plant a pollinator garden at Otonabee Region Conservation Authority's office (250 Milroy Dr. Peterborough). ORCA staff will teach us about local pollinators, their behaviours…
Water Birds and other Late Migrants of the Pigeon Lake area: Sunday, October 27
Peterborough Zoo 1230 Water St, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaWater Birds and other Late Migrants of the Pigeon Lake area, Sunday, October 27, 8:00-11:00 a.m. Jerry Ball will lead us to the east shore of Pigeon Lake looking for…
Fall Shorebirds and Waterfowl at Presqu’ile Provincial Park: Sunday, November 3
Country Style at Old Keene Rd 779 Hwy 7, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaFall Shorebirds and Water Birds at Presqu’ile Provincial Park Sunday, November 3, 8 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Jerry Ball will lead a day-long trip to view migrant birds at Presqu’ile…
The Anthtopocene’s animal? Coywolves as feral cotravelers
Camp Kawartha Environment Centre 2505 Pioneer Rd, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaGuest speaker: Stephanie Rutherford is an Associate Professor in the Trent School of the Environment, and also teaches and advises in the MA and PhD programs in Sustainability Studies, Cultural Studies, and Canadian and Indigenous Studies. She is the co-author of Historical Animal Geographies, published in 2018. In Canadian cities and towns their presence is…
Wave Riders of Rice Lake: Sunday, November 24th
Tim Hortons Lansdowne St. West 1200 Lansdowne St W, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaWave Riders of Rice Lake: Sunday, November 24 – 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Wave Riders of Rice Lake: Sunday, November 24th November 24 @ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM…
Niagara Gulls Trip Cancellation: World’s Greatest Concentration of Gulls: Sunday, December 1
Tim Hortons Lansdowne St. West 1200 Lansdowne St W, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaNiagara Gulls Trip Cancellation World’s Greatest Concentration of Gulls: Sunday, December 1 – 7:00 a.m. The Sunday, December 1st outing ‘World’s Greatest Concentration of Gulls” has been cancelled due to…