Bunchberry. Photo © Bruce Thacker
EFTS EVENT - This event is for youth aged 12-15.
Tim Nosworthy from Rutter Urban Forestry will be teaching us about common trees and shrubs of the area. Learn about tree biology and practice identifying our local species during a trail walk at Centennial Park.
TBFN will be offering a glacial history field trip outing with Brian Phillips and Fred Dean. This outing entails a route that will encompass traveling to Kakabeka to the mouth of the Kam into Upper Beaver Bay level of Lake Superior and then will proceed to the Kam River Valley to Little Dog Lake and the Dog Lake Moraine, returning via the Lappe Delta and the Current River. Silver Falls Provincial Park will be the final point where the trip finishes. For those interested on the return trip, another couple of stops can be added. Please meet at 9:00 am at the Landmark Inn car park. This outing will include short walks, and mostly roadside stops. Bring along a lunch, rain gear, and have a full tank of fuel. Participants are encouraged to wear masks at each stop. A route map with stops will be provided once a pre-toured route to decide on stops is established. Please contact Brian Phillips at brianph220@gmail.com to secure a spot.
Join Len Hutchison as we look for mushrooms behind the Current River Arena. We will meet in front of the parking lot at the Current River Arena on Grenville Avenue opposite Claude Garton School. There will be no need to contact Len to pre-register. Marian Childs will be registering people once they arrive. If you have any questions about the mushroom outing, contact Len by either calling his office at 343-8508 or email him at ljhutchi@lakeheadu.ca. Mushrooms like moisture, and it has been a very dry summer, so numbers may be down this year. TBFN outings follow all Covid 19-guides set forth by Thunder Bay District Health Unit and the Ontario Government.
In partnership with the Toronto Ornithological Club, the Ontario Field Ornithologists, the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch, Holiday Beach Migration Observatory, Hawk Cliff Hawk Watch, Hawkwatch International, and Birds Canada, the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) is supporting and recruiting participants for a 2-day dispersed hawkwatch event that unifies the hawkwatch and birding communities. Called the GREAT Great Lakes Hawkwatch, we aim to organize and support community scientists in conducting standardized raptor migration counts, outside of traditionally monitored hawkwatch sites. The link to the event is located here: https://www.hmana.org/great-great-lakes-hawkwatch/
In partnership with the Toronto Ornithological Club, the Ontario Field Ornithologists, the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch, Holiday Beach Migration Observatory, Hawk Cliff Hawk Watch, Hawkwatch International, and Birds Canada, the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) is supporting and recruiting participants for a 2-day dispersed hawkwatch event that unifies the hawkwatch and birding communities. Called the GREAT Great Lakes Hawkwatch, we aim to organize and support community scientists in conducting standardized raptor migration counts, outside of traditionally monitored hawkwatch sites. The link to the event is located here: https://www.hmana.org/great-great-lakes-hawkwatch/
This summer, TBFN relaunched its Youth Programming with three new program streams: the Wolf Packs, the Efts, and the Nature Explorers With Technology (NEWT). We will give an overview of these new programs which together provide educational nature and science-themed events for children, families, and youth up to 19 years of age. We will share some highlights from this summer and a sneak peek at what's to come this year. Speakers will include Courtney Moudoux and Gene Kent.
Several TBFN members will present brief updates on community science initiatives that have been undertaken by the TBFN. Meeting participants will hear about the Gray Fox Project, Thunder Cape Bird Observatory, the Bluebird Project, and several other TBFN initiatives, as well as potential future projects. Speakers will include Rob Foster, Allan Harris, Susan Robinson and Ted Armstrong.
Join Gene Kent as we tour the geological formation of the region traveling back in time from our youngest rock formations, and early forms of life through to the formation of Lake Superior and the great continental rift. We look for evidence of magma chambers, and how faulting and veining created the amethyst deposits in Shuniah. We will search for evidence of meteorite impact materials and how life changed on earth after the great impact. A very ancient Maar Volcano will help to tell the story of the formation of our continent.
Join Allan Gilbert as we hike through the campground at Chippewa Park, crossing the bridge into the old landfill area, looking for ducks in the river area and the ponds. Contact Allan Gilbert at (807) 768-8582 to confirm. We will meet at the main parking lot by the main pavilion at Chippewa Park.
October 9th is the fall Global Big Day and World Migratory Bird Day. Global Big Days celebrate birds and birding while collecting valuable observation data during the spring and fall migration seasons. We will participate in this community science initiative with Keith Wade who will lead us on a trip to observe land and water birds at Mission Marsh Conservation Area. We will discuss bird migration and the impacts of climate change on migrating birds.
This is a combined event for both Efts (12-15 year olds) and NEWTs (high school students 15+).
WOLF PACKS EVENT - This event has been designed for children 6-11 years old, but older and younger children are also welcome. Parent/guardian accompaniment is required.
Let's get inspired by nature! We will use our creativity, observation skills, and appreciation of nature during fall-themed art projects. We will be outside, so comfortable layers are recommended.
Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during Wolf Packs events.
Please note, there is a $5 parking fee for the Cascades to support the work of the LRCA. Alternatively, annual parking passes can be purchased for $40 +HST from the LRCA website.
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