Past Events
Outdoor Events
Outing: Bognar Marsh
August 3, 2024
09:00
Join us at Bognar Marsh as we search for the ultimate insect predators. Damselflies and dragonflies are members of the order Odonata – meaning “toothed ones” which reference their awesome mouth parts.
Outdoor Events
Square Bash #6: Northeast of Osprey Wetlands
July 6, 2024
07:00
- Northeast of Osprey Wetlands
May, June and early July are the months of maximum breeding bird activity. Ravens and mourning doves start breeding in March and continue through May, while robins, cardinals, killdeer,…
Outdoor Events
2024 Square Bash #5 Allan Park Square
June 29, 2024
07:00
- Allan Park Square
May, June and early July are the months of maximum breeding bird activity. Ravens and mourning doves start breeding in March and continue through May, while robins, cardinals, killdeer,…
Indoor Events
Meeting: Mottled Duskywing Butterfly
June 17, 2024
Jessica Linton was deeply involved in the re-introduction of the Mottled Duskywing butterfly into Pinery Provincial Park. She will tell us about the process involved and show us the documentary…
Outdoor Events
Outing: Beaverdale Bog
June 15, 2024
09:00
The Beaverdale Bog is at the heart of a wetland complex west of the Beaver Valley and northeast of Markdale. Our leaders, Rick Watt and/or Ann-Ida Beck, will take us into this environment of…
Junior Naturalist
Game Day
May 25, 2024
We play some of our favourite games learned over the year including “Instincts for Survival” or as we like to call it, “Kill or Be Killed”.
Indoor Events
Meeting: Salamanders and More
May 20, 2024
19:30
For decades, Don Scallen has visited springtime ponds to witness the wondrous spectacle of Spotted Salamander and Jefferson Salamander breeding.
Outdoor Events
Allan Park Road Bioblitz
May 18, 2024
09:00
A group of Saugeen Nature members will convene near the site of the proposed gravel pits on Allan Park Road to join residents in making a biological inventory of the species on their properties.
Outdoor Events
Outing: Birds and Flowers, Riverstone Retreat
May 11, 2024
10:00
May is the month of spring ephemerals and the return of multitudes of birds from the south. Riverstone Retreat is a haven for both of these. A variety of habitats from fields to forests to…