OSFN Programs
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Moth Night and Moth Morning Workshops with Alan Macnaughton
Sunday, May 24 @ 8:30 pm – Monday, May 25 @ 9:30 am
Sunday, May 24, 2026, from 8:45pm – 11:15pm and Monday, May 25, 7am to 9:30am to open moth traps.
People are welcome to attend one or both – with their registration.
Leader: Alan Macnaughton
Location: Grey Sauble Conservation Administration Centre and Arboretum, 237897 Inglis Falls Road, RR 4, Owen Sound (note: do not confuse this location with the nearby Inglis Falls Conservation Area).
There is still lots of room to register for this fifth annual event with Alan at the GSCA Pavilion (each at different dates of the Spring and Summer)
For this event members of the Toronto Entomologists Association have also been invited to join us.
The moth night will start with viewing and releasing moths captured the night before. Then, we will want to identify and record the moths as they arrive, perhaps by uploading observations to the www.iNaturalist.ca website — it can identify observations to species with at least 90% accuracy. This is the first time we have had the event this early in the season, so there should be a lot of species we haven’t seen on previous moth nights. Bring either phones or regular cameras.
Level terrain, but darkness, tree limbs and roots may present some risks.
Please register in advance by email to John Dickson jwdickso@gmail.com).
Waiver May 24 and 25 2026 Moth night and Moth night workshops – Google Forms
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.