The Thunder Bay FIeld Naturalists offer walks (field trips), talks (general meetings/indoor lectures) and workshops depending on the time of year. There is also a selection of youth programs for the young and young-at-heart.
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Traditionally, TBFN meetings and field trips are open to everyone. In response to the pandemic, however, our meetings are currently open only to members. Meetings are conducted online using Zoom. Members receive specific email communication on how to connect to these club meetings.
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 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.
