Essex County Nature

22nd Annual Pelee Island Trip
2016-05-01 09:00 - 2016-05-02 17:45 UTC | Pelee Island, Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada
Trip is Full!
Leave at 10:00 am Saturday from Leamington Dock aboard the M.V. Jiimaan (be at the dock by 9:20 am). We will return to Leamington Dock by
5:45 pm Sunday. We will likely see: migrating waterfowl & warblers, wildflowers such as trilliums & phlox, basking turtles and snakes, bullfrogs, historic sites, and hear a chorus or two of American Toads, to suggest a few of the many enjoyable experiences on Pelee Island in spring. We should also get a chance to visit the Pelee Island Bird Observatory (PIBO bird banding station) and some of the recently acquired Nature Conservancy of Canada properties: Red Cedar Savannah ESA, Stone Road Alvar ANSI, Brown’s Point and woods, and Brown’s Road Alvar. We will have plenty of time to walk, observe, and relax on the excursions to some of Pelee’s most beautiful natural habitats, including: Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve, Lighthouse Point Provincial Nature Reserve, the Stone Road Alvar Complex, Sheridan Point ESA, and many other stops along the way.
Contact Details:

Dave Kraus phone: 519 825 7491
email address: david.kraus@publicboard.ca
text: 519 257 8674

Earth Day Bake Sale
2016-04-24 10:00 - 15:00 | Malden Park, 4200 Malden Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Please join us at Malden Park for a Heritage Committee fundraiser 10:00a.m. To 3:00p.m. Looking for volunteers to donate bake goods and also help out at the booth. (You don’t need to belong to the Heritage Committee). Please contact Cathy Lapain at aclapain@gmail.com. We need a lot of bake goods to make this fundraiser a success, so please donate generously. If you can’t help by donating bake goods or helping out at the booth, please drop by and buy some goodies!
NOTE: If you are donating cookies or squares please packaged in 6’s or 12’s for easy pricing. Please cover all baked goods with clear plastic wrap.

Canada South Land Trust Annual Dinner and Silent Auction
2016-04-22 06:00 - 23:00 | Caboto Club, 2175 Parent Ave, Windsor, Ontario, N8X 4K2, Canada
Dr. Oliver Love will be speaking about Snow Buntings. http://www1.uwindsor.ca/vpri/oliver-love The dinner will be at the Caboto Club. Doors open at 6, Dinner at 7. Tickets are $35. Please contact Betty Learmouth at 519-944-0825 or bettlear@mnsi.net or 2405 Princess Ave. Windsor N8T 2V1.

ESSEX COUNTY NATURE MEETING
2016-04-13 19:30 | Ojibway Nature Centre, 5200 Matchette Rd., Windsor, Ontario, N9C 4E8, Canada
A representative from the Nature Conservancy of Canada will be at the Ojibway Nature Centre and will speak about NCC in southwestern Ontario. She will provide an overview of how NCC works and how NCC focuses its efforts, highlighting a few key areas and current projects, including Pelee Island and Essex County mainland. The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s approach to ecological restoration, properties to visit and volunteer opportunities will be profiled. Everyone is welcome!

SPRING BIRD WALK
2016-04-10 08:30 | Point Pelee Vistor Centre Parking Lot, 1118 Point Pelee Dr, Leamington, Ontario, N8H 3V4, Canada
Meet ECFNC members in the Point Pelee Visitor Centre Parking Lot. We’ll hike the trails at Point Pelee in search of early spring migrants including waterfowl, warblers and other songbirds. After a lunch break, we’ll meet at Hillman Marsh in the early afternoon to explore the Shorebird Cell for early shorebirds/waterfowl. Everyone is welcome!
