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Earth Day Bake Sale
Earth Day Bake Sale Written by Cathy Lapain for The Egret - Issue 35 - Number 1 Sunday April 28, 2019 Please join us at Malden park for a Heritage Committee fundraiser 10:00a.m. to 3:00pm. Looking for volunteers to donate bake goods and help at the booth (2 hour shifts or whatever you can do) (You do not need to belong to the Heritage Committee). Please contact Cathy Lapain at . We need many bake [...]
International Day of Action for Rivers
International Day of Action for Rivers Written by Gina Pannunzio for The Egret, Issue 35- Number 1 Aerial photo of Peche Island, showing the beginning of the Detroit River by Lake St. Clair. Photo credit: the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup. Each year on March 14, International Day of Action for Rivers recognizes and celebrates efforts made around the world to protect and restore rivers. Globally, rivers often share boundaries with numerous jurisdictions, and this day [...]
Cedar Creek Christmas Bird Count
Cedar Creek Christmas Bird Count Written by Paul Pratt for The Egret, Issue 35- Number 1 The thirty-fourth Cedar Creek CBC was held Saturday December 15, 2018. This count originally started in part to help count the huge winter roost of American Crows in Essex. Although relatively few crows have been counted in recent years (32 in 2018) our peak count recorded 117, 149 in 2000. By 2004 the Essex roost started to decline as [...]
Summary from BioBlitz at Point Pelee National Park
Written by Point Pelee National Park Staff for The Egret, Issue 34- Number 4 This year was the 100thbirthday of Point Pelee National Park (1918 – 2018). To help commemorate the occasion, several signature events occurred in the park throughout the year. On the weekend of July 21-22, 2018, a special Point Pelee 100 BioBlitz was held from 12:00 noon on July 21 to 12:00 noon on July 22. This was the first All TaxaBioBlitz [...]
Donations to the Annual Dinner Silent Auction
Donations to the Annual Dinner Silent Auction Written by JoAnn Grondin, Heritage Committee Coordinator for The Egret, Issue 34- Number 4 Thank you to those who donated the following items to the ECFNC 34th Annual Dinner Silent Auction! No. Article/Name Donated by: 1 A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson - new Tom Henderson 2 Compact Bowling – a table top game Sheeva Nakhaie 3 Rival Electric Fondue Pot Sheeva Nakhaie 4 Two small [...]