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Just some preliminary results from our Christmas Bird Count, held on Saturday 17 Dec. We had 8 groups out in the field, and a number of feeder-watchers at home. The results were not too bad considering the weather (cold and snowy in the morning). We had 50 species on the day, with so far 4 more for count week (Sharon & Jim Bradley had a TV on Friday, Frank Pinilla had a Snowy and a…

In Richmond Hill, each year groups of birdwatchers of all levels of expertise disperse to their assigned sections; each group taking note of every bird and every species that they see in their area. The groups meet at the end of the day where their findings are totalled up. The club’s results in turn are submitted to Bird Studies Canada, which works with the Audubon Society in the US and elsewhere to analyze the data….

Come and meet Jenna and Toby and learn about the butterflies and bats in the Reserve. Bring the kids. Sunscreen and bug spray is advisable. The weather looks good for Saturday but with all outdoor events the weather plays a critical role in its success and last minute cancellaô€†Ÿons are possible. If in doubt, contact me by email. Meet at the platform in the meadow 200m along the Waterfront Trail East of Thickson Road, Whitby. Refreshments and publications will…

MILL POND SPLASH IS A FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT SHOWCASING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND OUR NATURAL HERITAGE. WITH WILDLIFE DISPLAYS, LIVE MUSIC, STREAM SAMPLING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISPLAYS – THERE’S LOTS TO SEE AND DO! Come on out and visit the RHN booth and enjoy a nature walk around the pond! Sponsored by the Town of Richmond Hill and the Toronto Region Conservation Authority.  Download Mill Pond Splash PDF poster

Please join us on April 18 for our 2016-17 season potluck dinner, AGM and guest speaker. This year the RHN is fortunate to host Glenn Coady, one of Ontario’s most active birders since the late 1970s. Glenn will discuss efforts to protect nesting pairs of Piping Plovers within the GTA. In 2015, Glenn discovered a nest of Piping Plovers on Hanlan’s Point Beach on Toronto Islands, the first nest on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario…

Pat Burchell, the past president of the Ontario Mycological Society, will show and tell about the mushrooms which surround us —- in our gardens, the parks and forests around us, even on our roofs sometimes! Mycena leaiana OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Reminder Richmond Hill Naturalists meetings are the Third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. At Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church’s Wallace Hall: Wallace Hall 10066 Yonge St., Richmond Hill (West side, first entrance north of…

Otto Peter, who has a Degree in Biology,  is a lifelong nature lover who with his wife has travelled to all seven continents in search of the flora and fauna and the awesome places that exist on Planet earth. This  Antarctica trip ranks as number one of all the places they have visited.  Otto is the past President of Durham Region Field Naturalists is currently its Program Coordinator, President of Thickson’s Woods Land Trust, and…

In Richmond Hill, each year groups of birdwatchers of all levels of expertise disperse to their assigned sections; each group taking note of every bird and every species that they see in their area. The groups meet at the end of the day where their findings are totalled up. The club’s results in turn are submitted to Bird Studies Canada, which works with the Audubon Society in the US and elsewhere to analyze the data….

‘Monkeys, Birds and the song of a 3-toed Sloth in Panama’ I will show pictures of three species of monkeys, lots of hummingbirds and a variety of other birds, two other mammals and a 3-toed sloth. (A humorous, slightly satirical song of the Sloth by Flanders and Swann will be played.) I will be a describing the unusual community in which Alfred Raab spends his winters with his wife. I will also talk briefly about…