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Aquatic Invertebrate Identification with Rosie Martin
November 6, 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Aquatic Invertebrate Identification with Rosie MartinSaturday November 6th, 2:00-5:00 pm, Harrison Park
Max group size 25 (drop in/out style rather than hike)
Meet in Harrison Park (by the river just east of the playground washrooms, see attached map) to learn tips on how to identify aquatic insects like (larval) dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies, caddisflies and more. I will have tables set up with microscopes and invertebrates collected from a nearby beaver pond. The event will run from 2:00-5:00 on a drop in/drop out basis. I will be giving a stream sampling demonstration around 2:30, and will talk briefly about differences between organisms living in lentic and lotic habitats. Kid friendly (please supervise around water)!
Please send me an email if you want to attend at rosemary.martin@mail.utoronto.ca so I can keep track of attendance for contact tracing purposes. Please bring a mask if you wish to use the microscopes, hand sanitizer will be provided.
Rosemary “Rosie” Martin is a senior PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Her work focuses on how aquatic insects overwinter and how the under-ice physical conditions determine who survives, who stays active, who eats whom, and how that all plays into food web and community structure in subsequent seasons. Rosie is a new OSFN member and is excited to meet everyone!
OSFN Indoor Meetings are normally held on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Bayshore Community Centre, 1900 3rd Ave E Owen Sound. There are no Indoor Meetings in July and August. Please see the individual event listings below for more details.
We invite speakers with a wide range of expertise from Grey/Bruce and other parts of the province. These evenings are open to the public. The auditorium is open by 6:30. The meeting gets under way at 7:00, and may include brief announcements by other organizations as well as OSFN club activities, club business, social time, nature sightings and reports.
The club also offers a full schedule of outdoor activities during the year. Through these outings, members learn more about the birds, plants, mammals and geology of this part of Ontario. We also keep a protective eye on our precious natural areas.