Owen Sound Field Naturalists

Speakers: Sue & Jim WaddingtonSue and Jim Waddington have located some of the wild places that inspired the Group of Seven painters. They particularly like to search for sites that can only be reached by canoe and on foot. Their talk will compare photographs of some of the 270 painting sites they have found with … Continue reading FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GROUP OF SEVEN PAINTERS →

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.Limit: 20 participants Register: Fred Jazvac 519 797 3332 or email jazvacfb@bmts.com

Watch the Hart’s Tongue Herald and e-Herald for the dates and countcontacts for Christmas Bird Counts in Owen Sound, Meaford, Port Elgin, Saugeen Shores, and Wiarton. Register: 519 363 2719 or clarkeb@eastlink.ca

Host: Jim AnsellA potpourri of OSFN members’ slides, displays, art, collections and compositions focusing on the natural world. A limit of 10 slides and 10 minutes of presentation time is preferred. Register your presentation with Jim Ansell at 519-376-2775 or jansell@sympatico.ca

WHAT HAPPENED UNDERNEATH THE GLACIERS? Speaker: Daryl CowellThe Bruce Peninsula, with its abundant exposed bedrock surfaces, provides excellent evidence of subglacial meltwater erosion. Daryl will provide a basic understanding of subglacial meltwater erosion with numerous examples drawn from Ontario’s Canadian Shield and the Bruce Peninsula. And… AN INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL BURIAL Speaker: Bob Hope Natural … Continue reading WHAT HAPPENED UNDERNEATH THE GLACIERS? AND AN INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL BURIAL →

12:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.Limit: 10 participants Register: john.haselmayer@pc.gc.ca

Actual time and date TBA to be announced at the Feb. Indoor Meeting

Speaker: David WellsDavid Wells, owner of Naturally Superior Adventures in Wawa, will present a paddlers' eco-tour of Canada's Lake Superior coastline, islands and adjacent headwaters. Geology, voyageurs, mythology and wildlife will figure prominently in David’s stories about this magnificent lake.

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Limit: 12 participants Register: 519 376 3242 or peter.middleton@sympatico.ca

Speaker: Kyle BreaultTallgrass Ontario launched the Ontario Grassland Initiative in the fall of 2011. 25% of all species at risk in Ontario rely on native grasslands and the Ontario Grassland Initiative has a goal of creating 1000 acres of new habitat annually to help these species as well as hundreds of others.

Speaker: Dave FidlerExperienced local birder Dave Fidler will educate and entertain through a lively presentation of the world of warblers. Dave’s presentation will include Carolinian warblers that barely reach into southern Ontario, nesting warblers of Grey-Bruce, and warblers that migrate through our area to nest in northern Ontario.

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Limit: 12 participants Register: Joan Crowe 519 371 8193