Annual Dinner - November 8, 2025

By Carl Maiolani Pop-up #11 @ Hillman Marsh on Sunday March 26th 10am My list of 8 attendees is as follows: Jeremy Hatt, Howard Williams, Carl Maiolani, Jeremy Bensette, Larry Onysko, Nicole Dumouchelle and potential new members Marilyn Miller and Darren Hughes. This event lasted from 10-12pm despite the weather. It was cold, damp, windy, and snowy the whole time. Nevertheless we had a great time. We walked out to the shorebird cell and immediately [...]

By Howard Williams The Essex County Field Naturalists' Club (ECFNC) organizes semi-regular pop-ups throughout the year that are informal gatherings at places of natural historical interest.  The rationale behind pop-ups is to introduce members and others to a specific site, to encourage observation of the natural history and to facilitate social intercourse and networking.  Furthermore, thanks to Carl Maiolani, who amongst other things has a gift of generally providing good weather. When I arrived in [...]

By Chris Hart The ECFNC is a community based club promoting the excellence and the enjoyment of our local environment. As such, we often give back to those organizations whom align with these beliefs. One such contribution is the Lynda Corkum Essex County Nature Bursary, which is awarded to a Biology graduate student at the University of Windsor. This is a $1000 donation made possible from funds acquired selling the Fish Book. We are pleased [...]

By Don Bissonnette    In the Spring of 1989, I found a nesting pair of Eastern Bluebirds near Harrow, Ont. This surprised me, because I knew they were extirpated in many areas. I spoke with some members of our club, & I learned that Essex County did have a very small population of Bluebirds, mostly in the Southern half of the County.    I learned that other Nature Clubs (both in Canada & the United [...]

Part of the Detroit River Binational Program By Ian Naisbitt It has been 2 ½ years since volunteers participated in a Little River Cleanup Event. On Saturday, 9 April, the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup and the Essex Region Conservation Authority invited Essex County Nature to join community volunteers to clean up a well-known section of Little River. The segment needing a “Spring Cleaning” flows adjacent to the Canadian Tire Store on Tecumseh Road East. The [...]