Once again, you are invited to showcase a prized nature or natural history possession or experience.

You don’t need to have nature photos to share. You might prefer to read a poem you’ve written or talk about a new trail you’ve explored or an interesting nature book you’ve read Continue reading →

Who you gonna call? If it’s about Ontario trees, Owen Clarkin!

Who can forget those four words from the popular Ghostbusters theme in the 1980s!

They came to mind as I followed up on a query the club received last month about the “Royal” Oak at the Galilee Retreat Centre Continue reading →

Herpetological Mysteries of Eastern Ontario

Let’s start with what we know. In Ontario, 75 per cent of reptiles and 35 per cent of amphibians are listed as nationally and provincially at risk, details you’ll find in the Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas (ORAA), a citizen-science project that tracks distributions and Continue reading →

Our September 2021 speaker’s subject matter —”the bird of mammals”/ “the squirrel that would be a bird” — is one you won’t want to miss.

Sasha Newar tags herself as “flying squirrel girl” on Twitter. Stated more formally, she is a Ph.D candidate at Trent University where she is studying Continue reading →