Saugeen Nature Resources
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Sites Of Common Interests
(Informational butterfly guide)
Milkweed and the Monarch Butterfly
Checklist for dragonflies and damselflies of Ontario (2010)
Links to other naturalists clubs with section on field guides
Subscribe to get alerts re possible aurora activity
The Arboretum Seasonal Program
New website by the Inglis Falls Arboretum
Items of Interest to Naturalists
July 2025 Breeding Bird Atlas Square Bash
By Nikki MayEarly on the morning of July 12th, a few keen birders from Saugeen Nature met to do the last ‘square bash’ of the...
Breeding Bird Foray #7
June 7, 2025 – Berkeley Square On June 5th and 7th, Angus Inksetter, John Reaume and Nikki May surveyed the Breeding Bird Atlas square around...
Walk among the Wild Things
By Nikki MayOn a cool May morning, members and guests of Saugeen Nature met to explore the trail along the esker on the Inksetter property....
Fascinating Feathered Travellers
By Nikki MayOn a cool, breezy spring day, several members of Saugeen Nature met at Scone to start a tour of the wetlands of Bruce...
Saugeen Nature is 50!
By Nikki MayThis year, the Saugeen Nature club is celebrating fifty years of exploring, sharing and protecting nature in and around the Saugeen Watershed in...
December 2024 Christmas Bird Count
Once again, Gerard McNaughton organized a group of keen birders into an efficient machine for covering the circle that Saugeen Nature monitors every year. The...
We Are Getting Social!
The Club’s Board has been discussing the need to broaden our horizons and look for some new (or lapsed) members to come to our meetings...
Saugeen Nature Award
Fifty years ago a group of individuals with a shared love of nature gathered to found the Saugeen Nature Club to encourage and promote an...
Saugeen Junior Naturalist Report
We are very pleased to announce that we had what we consider a full registration for the Saugeen Junior Naturalist program this year. Thirty-seven young...
2025 Christmas Bird Count
As the club celebrates 50 years it should also be noted that this December will also mark the 50th annual Hanover-Walkerton Christmas Bird Count. In...
Christmas Bird Count 2025
Once again, Gerard McNaughton organized a group of keen birders into an efficient machine for covering the circle that Saugeen Nature monitors every year. The...
Saugeen Junior Naturalist Report
We are very pleased to announce that we have what we consider a full registration for the Sau- geen Junior Naturalist program this year. We...
Driving Central Grey With Saugeen Nature
by Angus Inksetter On October 5 a dozen individuals embarked on a driving tour of central Grey County. The idea was to enjoy the great...
Dragonfly and Damselfly Hike at Bognar Marsh
August 3, 2024 by John Reaume This was our clubs 15th annual outing looking for members of the Order Odonata – meaning the “toothed ones”....
Square Bash 5 – Allan Park Square
June 29, 2024 by John Reaume What is a square bash?In the lingo of Ontario’s Breeding Bird Atlas a square bash is an opportunity to...
Beaverdale Bog
June 15, 2024 by Angus Inksetter The Beaverdale Bog (which may be a fen) is a large wetland northeast of Markdale. In mid-June it holds...
Birding List from Waterfowl Outing
April 20, 2024 Common Merganser 10+Mute swan 3+Canada Goose tonsMeadowlark manyRed-winged Blackbird manyHooded Merganser 5American Robin manyGull sp some Ring-billed tonsRaven 3+Song Sparrow 2+Bald Eagle...
Waterfowl on the Bruce Wetlands
November 11, 2023 by Angus Inksetter Although it’s missed by many people driving up Highway 10 it’s a sight worth stopping for. In mid-April, several...
In Search of Winter Raptors
by Angus Inksetter The weather forecast for March 9 was not auspicious: rain, wind, and cold. There was a suggestion that Saugeen Nature’s outing to...
Turtle Resources
April 15 Presentation By Madeline Sanagan Helping Turtles Cross the Road Perhaps the most important take way I hope club members got from my presentation...
The Great October Mushroom Hunt
By Nikki May It was a surprise gift. Although rain was forecasted, Saturday October 14th dawned breezy and cool with only a few fluffy clouds...
Bird Counts And Data
Note: 113 different species (115 if you include both recognizable races of the Dark-eyed Junco and consider the Common and Hoary Redpolls to be separate species – note they are lumped into one species now) have been seen in the last 49 years. 38 species (33.6%) have been seen in over 30 different counts. 45 species (39.8%) have been seen in 5 or less counts.
Note: 113 different species (115 if you include both recognizable races of the Dark-eyed Junco and consider the Common and Hoary Redpolls to be separate species – note they are lumped into one species now) have been seen in the last 49 years. 38 species (33.6%) have been seen in over 30 different counts. 45 species (39.8%) have been seen in 5 or less counts.
Note: for the purpose of this graph of total number of species seen the following presumptions have been made:
- Snow Goose and Snow Goose (blue) considered one species
- meadowlark sp. = 1 species
- Canada Goose + large form = 1 species
- Count Week (CW) species count towards total
- Dark-eyed Junco + Oregon = 1 species
- the following categories did not contribute to the species totals (duck sp., merganser sp., accipiter sp., buteo sp., large hawk sp., hawk sp., falcon sp., gull sp., woodpecker sp., sparrow sp., blackbird sp., carpodacus sp., crossbill sp., redpoll sp. and finch sp.)
