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ECFNC Annual Dinner – 40th Anniversary
By Aileen Petrozzi Great food, great speaker and great company! We couldn’t have asked for anything else. November 16th our members and non members enjoyed our Annual Dinner and Auction at St Mary’s Hall in Maidstone. We celebrated our 40th Anniversary as a club with speaker, Adam Shoalts. He discussed his book “Where the Falcon flies”. The Auction was a success producing over $2300 for the Heritage fund. We would like to thank all the [...]
Essex County Nature Building Community: Collaborations with the Windsor Feminist Bird Club
By Jeremy Hatt One of the goals of the Essex County Field Naturalists’ Club Membership Committee recently has been to develop and strengthen connections with other naturalist groups and organizations in the region. One of these organizations is the Windsor Feminist Bird Club, a local Chapter of the Feminist Bird Club, which is a global network with the following mission: “promoting inclusivity in birding while fundraising and providing a safe opportunity for members of the [...]
Fall Phrag Fighters
By Aileen Petrozzi Fall was a great for our Phrag fighters. Working with the city of Windsor we tackled Blue Heron Pond. The City of Windsor had sprayed the land Phragmites in September. Each time we came back we saw the poison work down to the roots. The plant usually dies back from the bottom up. Herbicide sprayed at the top causes the plant to die from top to down. Seeing this in action was [...]
October Meeting Recap: Controversial History of Taxonomy
By Sheila Laurin At the October meeting guest presenter and club member Grant Munroe gave a wonderful talk on the tricky subject of the history of taxonomy. Here is my brief summary of this: Folk taxonomy began with early people who formed a common naming of plants and animals in their community and used these groupings in everyday business. The country Papua New Guinea has a huge diversity in flora and fauna that has been [...]
The Club Celebrates 40 Years at the Ontario Field Ornithologists Convention
By Jeremy Hatt Paul Pratt presents on celebrating 40 years of ECFNC at the Friday Night “Birds and Beers” Every other year, the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) hosts their Annual Convention in Leamington and Point Pelee National Park. This year the Convention was held from September 20-22. Birders and bird-enthusiasts travel from across Ontario to attend the Convention, which consists of a "Birds and Beers" social gathering on Friday night and a banquet Saturday night, [...]