Joe Agg’s Great German Mills Creek clean-up continues every Sunday from October 9th through November.

Gloves and garbage bags will be supplied.  Please dress according to the weather.  Wear long pants and bring rubber boots if you have them.  Drinking water, a hat, sunscreen, bug repellant and a light snack are also recommended.

If you are interested in volunteering for this event or need further information please contact Joe Agg to register.  He can be reached by email: [email protected] or by phone: (905) 884-5012

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Sunday, October 2, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

The TRCA event promises to be a fun morning, with lots of activities!

A pancake breakfast is being served, the Ontario Forestry Association has an exciting children’s activity planned, Vaughan and York Region will be leading tours through the woods and a scavenger hunt will be held to engage children in the activities and displays.

Also Richmond Hill Naturalists volunteers are needed! Volunteers are needed to help out  with the display table between 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Please contact Marianne Yake as [email protected] if you are able to help.

Joe Agg, who has been spearheading a major clean-up  of German Mills Creek in Richmond Hill, will be leading a group of volunteers at Baker’s Bush on Oct 2 at 9:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to help should meet at the Baker’s Woods parking lot (1st driveway on the  east side of Thornhill Woods Dr., just north of highway 7, west of Bathurst)

Title: RHN Meeting: Biologist John Pisapio on Biodiversity
Location: Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church, Wallace Hall. 10066 Yonge St
Description: Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 7:30pm
General Meeting with speaker, John Pisapio, Management Biologist, Ministry of Natural Resources will speak on BioDiversity. The meeting will take place at the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church, Wallace Hall. 10066 Yonge St., North of Major Mackenzie Dr., West side. For info contact Marianne Yake at 905-883-3047.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2011-02-17

Here is a list of upcoming outings run by the Toronto Ornithological Club (open to the public).

Sunday, January 23
Sunnyside/Humber Bay.
1:30 p.m. – sunset.
Leader: Bob Cumming. Meet at 1:30 pm in the Sunnyside parking lot at the foot of Windermere Avenue off Lakeshore West. Gull, waterfowl.

Sunday, January 30
Durham Region.
9:00 a.m. – early p.m.
Leader: Rayfield Pye. Meet at 9:00 am at the south-west corner of the Pickering GO Station (Bayly/Liverpool) to car pool if necessary. Waterfowl, gulls, possible winter finches, wintering sparrows and feeder birds.

Saturday, March 5
West Toronto Lakeshore to Burlington.
9:00 a.m. (all day).
Leader: Garth Riley. Meet at 9:00 am at the parking lot at Humber Bay East (south of Lakeshore Boulevard West at Park Lawn Rd) to car pool. Waterfowl, geese, swans.

Saturday, April 30
Leslie Street Spit.
8:00am–all day.
Leader: John Carley. Meet at 8:00 am at the foot of Leslie St at Unwin Avenue (south of Lakeshore Boulevard East). Early migrants, warblers, sparrows.

Sunday, May 1
Oshawa Second Marsh.
8:00 a.m. – early afternoon.
Leader: Tyler Hoar. Meet at 8:00 am at the parking lot at GM Headquarters in Oshawa. Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit (419) in Oshawa. Go south on Farewell St. to Colonel Sam Drive. Turn east onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot close to the marsh. Little Gulls, shorebirds, warblers.