Activities

Five hearty adventurers did a walk of the Sweetwater Farm Nature Reserve on a rainy Sunday in October. Thanks to their collective knowledge and use of the app Seek by iNaturalist, they were able to identify a number of trees and plants. Here is our list in no particular order: Black Cherry Tree Meadowrue Biting Stonecrop…

We had 13 people in person at the Orillia Museum of Art & History and 16 people on Zoom for our first meeting back together for this program. Committee chairs shared their reports, and we got unway with our guest speaker Jean Iron, who joined via Zoom from her home. This saved a considerable amount…

  Sept 23, 2023 was a warm, sunny fall day. A small group of club members were warmly welcomed by our leader Don Currie, at the Huckleberry Rock Lookout Trail, in Milford Bay, Muskoka.   At the entrance to the trail, there is an engraved boulder that states these are some of the oldest surface…

Three members went to the George Langman Sanctuary on Saturday, June 17 to focus on learning birdsong.  We were armed with a sheet of mnemonics, but also the app Merlin, which was a great help. The area was full of birdsong.  The list of songs identified by the group is below. We also saw many wildflowers…

Thanks to the 11 people who gathered together to watch for Chimney Swifts! Together we counted 36 swifts. A bird best identified by silhouette, the smudge-gray Chimney Swift nimbly maneuvers over rooftops, fields, and rivers to catch insects. Its tiny body, curving wings, and stiff, shallow wingbeats give it a flight style as distinctive as…

We had over 25 people attend the regional meeting, held at GIIWEDIN KI (Rama North Lands). They had time for a morning social where they listened and watched for birds over Lake Couchiching, then heard greetings from Barbara MacKenzie Wynia from Ontario Nature. Denis Paccagnella and Tanya Clark from our Club shared updates on club…

Over 20 people joined together for the Annual General Meeting and Potluck supper. The meeting was conducted by the President, Denis Paccagnella and included Committee Chair reports from Donald Macdonald, Marilyn Clark, Heather Ewing, Kevin Binstead and Tanya Clark. Matt Thomson also shared information about Mariposa Pollinators. Three people shared photos from nature near and…

For the 3rd Sights and Sounds of Spring 12 members of the club walked around the George Langman Wildlife Sanctuary. There was a nip in the air but no rain and I saw a beautiful sunset on the way home.   Species list: Canada Geese Mallard ducks Duck in grass nesting box Mute Swan Red…