Algonquin Park Day Outings

Algonquin Park Day Outings The April Orchid announced our first annual PFN camping trip to Algonquin Park, June 19 to 22, which is now full. Campers will be contacted directly by e-mail with the camping agenda. Day outings for PFN Members will be offered June 20 & 21 from10 am to 3 pm. Day trip…

Algonquin Park Day Outings

The April Orchid announced our first annual PFN camping trip to Algonquin Park, June 19 to 22, which is now full. Campers will be contacted directly by e-mail with the…

Butterflies Along the Lang- Hastings Trail

This outing is an introduction to butterfly watching along a section of the Lang-Hastings trail near Hastings. The focus will be on learning how to distinguish between the different species…

Canoe/Kayak from Squirrel Creek Conservation Area

Join Patrick Kramer for a paddle along a beautiful section of the Otonabee River. There is a big concentration of wild space between Whitfield Landing and Squirrel Creek CA,including undevelopable…

Ferns of Silent Lake

Most people pay little attention to the ferns growing along ahiking trail. These beautiful green plants, primarily of the forest,give one a feeling of cool freshness. Ferns grow in abundancealong…

Birding Hotspot – Otonabee Gravel Pits

Steve Paul will lead a mid-summer tour of the Otonabee Gravel Pits. This site is a former gravel pit that is managed by Otonabee Conservation and it is one of…

Presqu’ile Shorebirds and Butterflies

Celebrate World Shorebird Day by joining fellow PFN members for an outing to Presqu'ile Provincial Park. Outing leaders Don McLeod and Colleen Lynch will guide the group in observing shorebirds…

PFN Monthly Meeting: “Living on the Edge: Wildlife & Change in the Hudson Bay Lowlands “ presented by Dr. Glen Brown

Wildlife adapted to a cold northern climate are vulnerable toclimate warming, yet little is known about the vulnerability of thesubarctic ecosystem in northern Ontario. The Hudson BayLowlands ecozone provides breeding habitat for thousands ofmigratory birds and contains the southern extent of permafrostand breeding range of many arctic adapted wildlife. Glen Brown will discuss research on…

Fabulous Fungi – Event Full

Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park 846 Hwy 7, Douro, Ontario, Canada

This is turning out to be a very good year for fungi with all the rain we have had. There is already a lot of variety in the forests. Fungi…

Peterborough Junior Naturalists POLLINATOR POWER Workshop! 

Riverview Park & Zoo 1300 Water Street North, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

September 29 is a PA day in Peterborough, making it a perfect opportunity to join the Peterborough Junior Naturalists for a POLLINATOR POWER Workshop! Otonabee Conservation staff will lead the…