Our annual Christmas Bird Count will be on Saturday December 30th, 2017! Ron Jasiuk and Russ McGillivary are organizing this year’s event. We have sent out details and invitations earlier, so if you’ve missed them, contact us. Contact us! UCFNC Christmas Bird Count areas Across North America naturalists have been participating in Christmas Bird Counts for well over 100 years. One of the first participants was a Toronto birder! The first UCFN Christmas Bird Count was conducted on 12 Dec 1987. So this is the 30th anniversary. The data gathered by volunteers is used to track changes in populations and ranges of bird species. It’s also a great opportunity to enjoy and become familiar with winter birds. Our bird count area includes Alton, Erin, Inglewood, Orangeville, Mono Mills, and the surrounding areas. The bird count area is divided into six sub-areas each of which is covered by a team. As well,… Read more »
We are taking advantage of a new opportunity for our January meeting: a nature film festival. Check this out jhfestival.org and click on the Festival Films on Tour. We are using mainly short films from Jackson Hole Wild to host an event at the Seniors centre for our members. We’ll provide more details shortly! Because of renovations at the Seniors’ Centre during the last week of January, we have to move the date away from January 30th to Tuesday, January 23rd at our usual time of 7:30 P.M.
Nicola Ross will be speaking to us next Tuesday, November 28th, 7:30 P.M. at the Orangeville Seniors Centre. Nicola will be talking about her latest book Dufferin Hikes: Loops and Lattes. This is the third in her series of local hiking guides, the others being Caledon Hikes, and Halton Hikes. A number of us have used these books as guides for mostly short half-day hikes. She has cleverly chosen interesting routes that loop back to the starting point — and she caps that off with recommendations of where to have excellent snacks and lunches. I’ve enjoyed the several of her recommended routes that I’ve done. My wife hikes every Wednesday with a group of local women who have nearly completed all of the hikes in Nicola’s first two books, and are now beginning to hike through her Dufferin book. They’re loving the routes she recommends! Nicola has a fascinating background,… Read more »
