This book is chosen by Mark Bisset, executive director of the Couchiching ConservancyIn Never Home Alone, author Rob Dunn takes you on a domestic adventure that is as diverse in its ideas as the subject he tackles.The sub-heading of the book is a tidy summary of the trip inside your home: “From microbes to millipedes,…
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JUNE NATURE BOOK OF THE MONTH-INHERITORS OF THE EARTH by CHRIS THOMAS
This book is chosen by Mary Mick, Life member of ONC.When you think of The Anthropocene, do you focus on all the damage human beings have wrought on the natural world…pollution, climate change, deforestation and, of course, extinction (sometimes referred to as The Sixth Extinction)? Then, you will find Inheritors of the Earth, “provocative” and…
MAY BOOK OF THE MONTH- A DANCE OF CRANES BY STEVE BURROWS
This book was chosen by Marilyn Clark, our Vice President A DANCE OF CRANES: A Birder Murder Mystery By Steve Burrows . This sixth book (published in 2019) in the Birder Murder Mystery series was intriguing from the start. It is set on two continents and there are two intertwined storylines. One features some…
APRIL NATURE BOOK OF THE MONTH - The soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Heather Ewing, The membership Chair of ONC presented this book: Have you ever wondered if you were smarter than an octopus? Or, have you wondered how these animals interact with their environment, make decisions, solve puzzles, or just live their lives?Sy Montgomery spent time learning about these mysterious creatures by going behind the scenes of…
Chimney Swift night June 5, 2018
Leanore Wiancko and Kay Price have faithfully monitored this chimney for a number of years, and every year some of us have joined them. On a very cold night, with occasional spattering of light rain, a group gathered to observe Chimney Swift activity at our usual site – the chimney at the Opera House. At…