In 2022 Kiah broke the Ontario Big Year record for most birds spotted in a calendar year, with 359 species seen across the province! Kiah is a 23 year old birder who has grown up with the Bruce Peninsula as his backyard. His keen interest in photography sparked his more serious fascination with all things avian. Kiah is the winner of the 2018 Canadian Geographic wildlife photographer of the year (under 17). He is currently an eBird reviewer for 5 counties and is an active Ontario birder. Kiah is on the Board of the Ontario Field Ornithologists and the Ontario Bird Records Committee (OBRC). Kiah runs Gyrkite Birding Tours with Alessandra Kite, leading birding outings across the province. This Headwaters Nature meeting will be an entirely ZOOM meeting. (This occasional switch to fully-online ZOOM is what many of the Naturalist Clubs to the north of us do.) There will be… Read more »
Elizabeth Szekeres is a geographer with a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies. Since retiring from full time work in 2017, she has spent her time traveling the globe to explore the natural world and observe birds. New Zealand, Southern Africa, Hungary, Spain, Ecuador, California, Oregon, The Galápagos Islands, Costa Rica, Newfoundland, Baja California, Mexico and the Sea of Cortez are some of the places she has been. We are happy to present Elizabeth. She will be sharing her anecdotes and photos of a personal pet project that she has been working on; to see and photograph all of the specie of penguins in the world.
Don Scallen is a frequent speaker for Headwaters Nature. He is a remarkable field naturalist and interpreter, who has expertise is many areas. (He’s bringing copies of his just-published book on Spotted Salamanders for sale to this meeting! $20 is well-worth his writings and his photos!). Don is also an executive of the Halton-North Peel Naturalists Club, the closest such club to ours! We hope to see you at our regular location, the Orangeville Seniors Club, 26 Bythia St in Orangeville at 7:00 P.M. Free admission, everyone welcome, we’ll provide cookies, bring your own beverage.
