• TD Tree Days in Windsor

    Come out and help reforest a part of the Little River watershed! This event will take place Sunday October 22 2017 between 9am and 12pm at the green space near Florence and Wyandotte Street in east Windsor. Snacks and refreshments are available for volunteers and students can earn community service hours. Boots and long pants [...]

  • Essex County Nature Meeting

    Members Meeting Come and share photos and stories related to your nature experiences and sightings. This is a relaxed evening of club member participation and pre-holiday mirth. Please join us for some light refreshments and social time. *If you would like to share photos, please bring them on a USB drive

  • Essex County Nature Meeting

    Ojibway Nature Centre

    How Much Habitat is Enough? Dan Lebedyk is Essex Region Conservation’s Biologist and will be speaking on ERCA’s efforts in identifying a natural heritage system for the Essex region. His presentation will explain the application of “How Much Habitat is Enough” guidelines to the local landscapes while making connections to the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy (BSC) [...]

  • Essex County Nature Meeting

    Gina Pannunzio, the Partnerships and Outreach Coordinator with Essex Region Conservation will share information on the coastal wetland habitat restoration project taking place in Leamington in partnership with Caldwell First Nation. Formerly an abandoned marina in Sturgeon Creek, the area will be restored to provide terrestrial and coastal wetland habitat. The Sturgeon Creek Wetland project [...]

  • Essex County Nature Meeting

    Annual General Meeting   Elections, a review of the previous year’s budget and minutes, with a fun quiz throughout.  Held at 7:30pm at the Ojibway Nature Centre.

  • Essex County Nature Meeting

    Breaking Birding Boundaries: My 2017 Ontario Big Year - Point Pelee area birder and naturalist Jeremy Bensette had a very successful Big Year in 2017, travelling to the far reaches of his home province of Ontario in pursuit of every bird species he could possibly cross paths with. This presentation touches on many of the [...]

  • Spring Bird Walk at Holiday Beach

    Join members of the Holiday Beach Migration Observatory (HBMO) at Holiday Beach for a spring birding walk to explore the Big Creek Important Bird Area followed by a presentation on attracting hummingbirds, pot-luck lunch and HBMO spring meeting. Meet at the Holiday Beach hawk tower at 9:00 am.

  • Dark Sky Event

    The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) sponsors Dark Sky Nights at Point Pelee six times per year. Upcoming program nights include April 21 in association with Pelee’s “What’s Croaking” program at 7:00 pm in the Visitor Centre followed by star gazing with the RASC in the VC parking lot. Visit Pelee’s web page for [...]

  • Earth Day Bake Sale

    10 am-3 pm at Malden Park – see article in March 2018 Egret newsletter for additional details.