Coming Up

Our monthly meetings are a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and hear from a variety of guest speakers on a wide range of topics related to nature. They're held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, from September to June, from 7pm to 9pm. Everyone is welcome!

***PLEASE NOTE!***

Our meeting location has changed. We now meet in the hall adjacent to Our Lady of Mercy Church, 196 Bridge St. W., Bancroft. ​

We also schedule regular outings, (usually monthly), giving members the opportunity to explore nature together, gain experience, learn and share knowledge. Join us and discover the wonders of Nature!

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Our next outing will be on Thursday October 8, to Petroglyphs Provincial Park.
We will meet at Bancroft Post Office on Thursday October 8, at 9:30 am to arrange carpooling. You can meet us at the post office or at Petroglyphs. The park is located at 2249 Northey's Bay Road N, off Hwy 28. It is approximately 50 minutes from Bancroft.
The park entrance fee is $15.50 per car. Please check the Petroglyphs Provincial Park website for general information about the park, activities, and hiking trails.
Please bring your lunch and refreshments, as they have a picnic area and a visitors centre, but no restaurant or food facilities.
If you are coming, please RSVP to Mary Lou by text to 613-202-9545. Please indicate whether you will meet us at the post office or at Petroglyphs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Our October meeting, on the 20th at 7pm, will feature PhD student Richard Rich from the University of Guelph, studying under Dr. Ryan Norris (www.norrislab.ca).​

​"Sibling rivalries, rotting food, and the magic of trees: a 59-year study of Canada Jays in Algonquin Park.

Since 2009, Ryan Norris and his graduate students have worked with Dan Strickland, former Chief Park Naturalist of Algonquin Provincial Park, to study a population of Canada Jays. Entering its 60th year, this is one of the longest-running studies on a single animal population. Drawing on decades of detailed field observations, experimental work, and modern techniques, Rich (the newest member of the team) will explore the year-round lives of these remarkably intelligent birds—from their ingenious food-caching to the intense sibling rivalries that shape their survival and reproduction. He will also examine one of the study’s most urgent findings: a decline of more than 70% in Algonquin’s Canada Jay population and what this reveals about environmental change in Canada’s boreal forests."

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