2010

By John Reaume On November 13, 2010 our club made our first outing (following in the footsteps of our Junior Naturalists) to the Wings of Paradise now known as the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory. Joining us were 11 souls including: Sharon Rogers, Grace Sorely, Irene Melanson, Gerard & Charlene McNaughton, Dave & Jean Schaus, Dorothy Kings, […]

By Kim Sayers We were lucky to have a beautiful sunny day for the waterfall hike in Grey county. The hike started at Inglis Falls where we went down to have a look at the falls from both sides of the river. Inglis falls is a cascade type of fall which means it hits rocks

By Minerva Cook Fifteen years ago, Nancy Griffin, Educational coordinator for Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA), had an idea to educate children about forests in a natural setting. Several years ago she shared her vision with Donna Lacey, Forest Technician, SVCA. They searched for similar projects and found the Aylmer community planning to launch their

Another Christmas Bird Count is completed and in the books. On Saturday Dec 18, 2010 29 participants scoured the 24km count circle in search of birds. The day itself started off with winds blowing from the SW and a fine snow falling through the day, temperatures were comfortable with a high of –3. and while

With Joan Crowe On June 12, 2010 Joan and Walter Crowe led our group of 9 eager participants on a wildflower tour of Grey and Bruce Counties. The weather looked far from promising with heavy showers in south Grey County when we left for our rendezvous at Inglis Falls for 9:30 a.m. On this occasion

Event Report by Kim Sayer On May 5th the Saugeen Field Naturalists had an evening wild flower walk through the southeast side of Kinghurst. There were 10 people out to enjoy the evening. Everyone arrived right after a rain shower so everything smelled clean and sharper than normal. We have had a very early spring

Trip Leader: Dave Schaus Participants: Jean Schaus, Gerard McNaughton, Lynn Stoltzfus Locations visited: Greenway Rd and River Road south of Grand Bend, The Pinery Provincial Park, Grand Bend Sewage Lagoons Weather: Cloudy, windy, 0 degrees Highlights: 200+ swans, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse Species seen: • Canada Goose • Mallard •

Click here to read more about Janet Grand and Ron Reid’s big birding year and plans to fund raise for the Wolf Run Alvar

Longtime member Clarke Birchard was the recipient of the SFN Conservation Award for 2010. Clarke was presented with a beautiful Scarlet Tanager image created by John Reaume in recognition of his many years of dedicated conservation efforts.

By Joan and Jerry Asling On March 27 we began our first bluebird box check of the 2010 season. Farmers were working their fields, and all the ditches were dry, which we often don’t get until late summer, and the temperature was 28C. Jerry cleaned out lots of mouse nests with his trusty tool –