2017

May 26 – 29 & June 1 – 4, 2017 Our festival takes its name from the migration corridor along the Bruce Peninsula. This “Huron Fringe” along the Lake Huron coastline offers birders, naturalists and photographers unique opportunities to discover nature in the early spring. At the end of the migration period, birds are on […]

Saturday April 8 & Sunday April 9, 2017 Presented by the Egremont Optimist Club Saugeen Field Naturalists will once again have a display at Holstein’s annual Maplefest. Be sure to join us once again in Love’s Sugarbush to sample the many maple syrup treats. There are many other interesting attractions. See www.holsteinmaplefest.com for further details.

When:March 25 – 26, 2017Sat. & Sun. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Adults $8.00 Children $3.00 Preschoolers Free! What Is It About? Come out and enjoy the largest outdoor Maple Syrup Festival in Grey and Bruce Counties! The event runs from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday Each year we will

The annual Hanover – Walkerton Christmas Bird count took place on Saturday, December 17, 2016 and by all accounts ended up being a great day. The weather predictions leading up to count day were horrible at best 20 + cm of snow had been forecast and that did keep a few people away from the

Planning Report – January, 2017 The Board has had two priority goals since the last AGM. The first is to increase membership by 10 in the coming year, primarily by asking members to invite non-members to meetings and also by increasing publicity. The second goal is to recruit two new board members to fill existing

By Minerva Cook The last leafloses its gripbronzed scarletfalters, flutters,joins its mates below blending into broken browns. The naked sugar maple shivers in a wind that promises ice and snow. It is said a wish made when the last leaf falls will be good for a year. When I don’t believe in wishes, how can

Submitted by Angus Inksetter Mild weather put the whole possibility of hiking on snow shoes in doubt but the decision to try the hike in spite of conditions saw six Saugeen Nature members show up at the east-side parking lot on Saturday morning. Equipment problems led to the departure of two of the party, fortunately

the last of the firewood is piled upin the lingering twilight already the moon is adrift and rising in stately silencethrough the ragged silhouette of jack pine full of promisedrunk with storiesand legendofthe season unfolding nowin softer huestinting crisp daysandconjuring a deeper tint into the depths of the nightsquieter nowsongbirds flown and gonemothers have called

It was a cool day in mid-November when a dozen members of Saugeen Nature and several from the Owen Sound Field Naturalists met in the small parking lot at Kinghurst Forest. Clarke Birchard, who was leader for the outing, began by telling us about how ancient peoples believed that forests were peopled by spirits or fairies,

Any items that are donated to the AGM’s Silent Auction, and are not bid on, please remember to take the item home after the meeting. Saugeen Nature thanks you for your continued support of the club.