Several members of Saugeen Nature and neighbours of Camp Oliver Forest met at the Sugarman place on a lovely morning in early June. David Sugarman had planned a tour of some of the trails of Camp Oliver Forest, including visits to some springs, Black Lake, and upland woodlands habitat along the way. As we started […]
A handful of Saugeen Nature members and one prospective member met at the Mother Theresa School at the south end of Walkerton at 9:00 a.m. The idea was to look at a few of the interesting features of the town and, at the same time, try to find some spring migrant birds. The first stop
Mother’s Day turned out to a perfect time for this annual outing hosted by Saugeen Nature. Two young families joined members Nikki May and Susan Clarkson at the East Parking Lot of Kinghurst Nature Reserve. The first part of the trail meanders through a mature pine plantation that had been thinned a few years before.
On Monday, April 24th, Saugeen Nature held its 42nd Annual General Meeting in Formosa at the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority offices. The theme of the AGM was Conservation. The club’s top honour, the Saugeen Nature Conservation Award was given to Dr. John Reaume of Mount Forest for his many years of service to the club and
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Saugeen Nature members and friends met at the Scone school house on the morning of April 22nd to embark on an outing with the intention of finding the spring migrant water-loving birds which might be in the area. The preceding few days had brought heavy rains, which increased the flooded areas of fields but, paradoxically, reduced
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On March 4, 2017, Saugeen Nature members and friends embarked on their annual “winter raptors” outing across Bruce County. The day was sunny and cold, perfect conditions for the enthusiastic group. Success came early, with 16 snowy owls spotted in one block of open land north of Chesley where these spectacular predators have been reliably
Submitted by Nikki May Seven members of Saugeen Nature met at the west parking lot of Kinghurst Nature Reserve on a beautiful late summer day in September. The focus of the outing was ferns, but as usual with naturalists, a variety of other plants and creatures were observed and appreciated. Ferns are plentiful in Grey
It promised to be a warm 3 days as 9 Saugeen Naturalists piled in 3 cars to meet conservationist Peter Carson at a restoration site near Port Rowan on the Friday after lunch. Although the cars originated at different points and travelled over 4 hours from different directions, we all arrived at the baking parking
Submitted by Nikki May Ontario Nature organized a butterfly identification workshop for what turned out to be a showery July morning. Despite threatening skies almost 30 people from around Grey and Bruce counties showed up at the Kinghurst Nature Reserve parking lot eager to learn about butterflies. James Kamstra, a very knowledgeable ecologist from Toronto
For many years, the club enjoyed the use of the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority facility at the Sulphur Springs Conservation Area. Since the majority of club members live in or near Hanover, this was very convenient. When the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority sold the Sulphur Springs building, we moved our indoor meetings to Formosa because
