Birding Trip to Presqu’ile Provincial Park
Country Style at Old Keene Rd 779 Hwy 7, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada**Daylight Savings begins so remember to set your clocks ahead** Spring is just around the corner so join us for a full day trip to Presqu’ile Provincial Park to observe the 1000’s of ducks, geese and swans that are resting there on their spring migration north. Your leader, Jerry Ball was down to the park…
Ontario’s insect diversity near and far (with particular reference to biting flies)
Camp Kawartha Environment Centre 2505 Pioneer Rd, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaOntario is blessed with an abundance of biting flies, including mosquitoes, horses flies, deer flies and stable flies. While most of our interactions with biting flies are unpleasant, they have important functions in our ecosystems and so have value in terms of conservation. This talk by David Beresford examines biting flies as pests of wildlife…
Mergansers and Friends on Rice Lake
Country Style at Old Keene Rd 779 Hwy 7, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaOn this trip, we will look for spring migrants – primarily waterfowl – and we will visit various access points on the north shore of Rice Lake between Keene and Hastings. We will be looking for areas of open water near the edge of the ice in search of concentrations of American Merganser, Common Goldeneyes,…