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Thanks goes to Vicki Longmire who has been in charge of organizing the food for our meeting breaks. A job well done Vicki. Vicki is now handing the reigns over to Sandra Powell who will be taking over from Vicki. Thank you, Sandra.

A big thank you to Gerard and Charlene Mc Naughton who have updated our travelling display that Saugeen Field Naturalists take to different venues to advertise our club.  The display will be at our September meeting for all to see.

By Dave Schaus On a pleasant sunny evening on May 22 seven members hiked the Sugar Bush Trail at the Allan Park Conservation Area. To get to the trail we went through some coniferous plantations before we got to the main hardwood trail. There was very little breeze and temperatures between 23 and 20 degrees.

By Kim Sayers On May 16th I led a wildflower walk in the Hogg’s Falls area in the south end of the Beaver Valley.  We started at the Hogg’s Falls parking lot and saw a number of violets including: Yellow Violet, Dog Violet, Long Spurred Violet, and Northern Blue Violet but in a white form

By Joan Asling For the past 2 years Jerry and I have been constructing new boxes to replace the 400 plus boxes we still had in place after building and hanging over 500 in 1995/1996. The lumber then was free thanks to the Findlay family who operated the Scone Pallet Mill and gave us free

The Outing report from the Damsels and Dragons outing on July 15, 2012 to the Durham Conservation Area. On July 15, 2012 we had our fifth “annual” dragonfly hike this time at the Durham Conservation Area in Durham. We had 10 participants show up for the hike on what turned out to be a lovely

Do You Know an Outstanding Naturalist? Saugeen Field Naturalists will recognize outstanding contributions to the cause of local conservation by an individual in the past 5 years, or significant contribution to the work of Saugeen Field Naturalists.  The Award will be presented at the Annual General Meeting in April 15, 2013. Tell us briefly, in

October 2, 2011 By Clarke Birchard On a beautiful fall morning 4 club members, one little boy and a visitor from Niagara Falls traveled to Malcolm Bluff Shores Nature Reserve north of Wiarton. It was a return visit for the leader and one member, new for the others. On the way a small flock of

September 17, 2011 The henge and gardens are located just east of the village of Big Bay located midway between Wiarton and Owen Sound along Grey County Road #1. The henge is a large stone circle for astronomical observations and is about 45 feet in diameter. The 4 acres of gardens were started about 1977

By Katherine Robbins (Grey-Bruce and Manitoulin Biologist) The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike (ELOSH) is a bird that may have been seen regularly on cattle pastures in Grey-Bruce 50 years ago, but you wouldn’t know it today. Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) implements the recovery program for this endangered bird and had focused its monitoring efforts mainly in