22nd Annual Pelee Island Trip
Pelee Island Pelee Island, Ontario, CanadaTrip 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 [...]
KOPEGARON WOODS CONSERVATION AREA HIKE
Kopegaron Woods Conservation Area Kopegaron Woods Conservation Area, Leamington, CanadaJoin the Field Nats for a hike along one of the most beautiful forest boardwalk trails in the region. While exploring this 19 hectare Carolinian woodland, you’ll see Tulip-tree, Sassafras, Black Gum, Sycamore and Flowering Dogwood trees, as well as wildflowers such as Trillium, Jack-in-the-pulpit, May Apple, Spring Beauty and Columbine, to mention just a [...]
Garlic Mustard Pull
Heinz Woodlot Leamington, Ontario, CanadaCome one, come all. May 7th will be a lovely day for a little exercise and a lot of good when you join me to pull out the Garlic Mustard that threatens the native plants in the Heinz Woodlot. Last year, Patricia McGorman, Henry Driedger, and Linda and Ernie Kennette joined my sister, Linda Code [...]
Essex County Nature Meeting – May
Ojibway Nature Centre 5200 Matchette Rd., Windsor, Ontario, CanadaMegan Anevich and Erin Mallon from Ontario Nature (formerly Federation of Ontario Naturalists - FON) will be speaking about Ontario Nature and their upcoming plans for stewardship of the Stone Road Alvar Nature Reserve. Please join us for this informative talk and learn more about Ontario Nature. Our club is a subcommittee of Ontario Nature.
Bird Hike in LaSalle
Join Karen Hass and Ian Woodfield on a trip to two lesser known birding hotspots. Target birds, but no guarantees, include Spotted Sandpiper at Vollmer and Eastern Meadowlark and Bobolink at CKWW. Meet at 12 noon at the Vollmer Complex Pond near the traffic circle on Laurier Pkwy, LaSalle east of Malden Road. http://tinyurl.com/zw82y2u
Essex County Nature Meeting
Ojibway Nature Centre 5200 Matchette Rd., Windsor, Ontario, CanadaMassasauga Recovery at Ojibway - Prairie Jonathan Choquette will be giving a talk about his work to recover the local population of Massasauga Rattlesnakes. The Ojibway Prairie population of Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus) is one of only two populations of this species remaining in Canada’s Carolinian zone. It is geographically isolated from its Canadian counterparts by [...]