MEETINGS

Meetings are held the last Monday of

the month with the

exception of June, July, August

and December.

    All meetings commence at 7:30 p.m. 

 

We have returned to in-person meetings. Wearing of masks is advised.

NEW MEETING LOCATION

 

Please note that in-person meetings will now  be held at

Centennial Albert United Church,

19 Rosehill Blvd., Oshawa.

 

There is plenty of parking! 

 

 

 

During these difficult times of COVID-19 DRFN will follow the guidance, laws and regulations of Canada, Ontario and local municipalities to limit the spread and minimize the danger.  As per changing regulations DRFN meetings are returning to in- person. 

 

 

 

NEXT MEETINGS

September 30, 2024   

Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue will be coming with a presentation and animals. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Past Meetings

 

Monday September 26, 2022

 Brian Joyce: The Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Story

 

May 30, 2022

AGM and Member's Night

 

April 25, 2022

Paul Laporte will do a presentation about “Woodland Plant Identification”

 

March 28, 2022 

Jeff Bowman will speak about “Flying Squirrels”

 

February 28, 2022 
Bruce McKenzie will present “the Wetlands Of the Hamilton Area

 

January 31, 2022   
Marcie Jacklin will speak on  “the Owls of Ontario”

 

November 29, 2021
Kaelyn Bumelis “Bank, Cliff and Tree Swallows”

 

October 25, 2021
Neil Gray, “Evolutionary Aspects of Hummingbirds”

 

September 27, 2021
Michael Runtz “Wild Algonquin”

 

Monday March 29, 2021

Beth Gilhespy "The Geology of the Niagara Escarpment"

 

Monday, February 22, 2021  

Otto Peter “The Natural History of Honduras on Land and Sea

 

Monday, January 25, 2021

Mike Burrell “30 Top Spots to Bird in Ontario”

 

Monday, November 30, 2020 7:30pm

Martyn Obbard

“How Black and Polar Bears Prepare for Winter” - VIA ZOOM

 

Monday, October 26, 2020 7:30pm

Owl Foundation

“The Owl Foundation a Fly by Night Organization”

VIA ZOOM

 

Monday September 28, 2020

Jean Iron- The Nature of Arctic Birds -

via ZOOM

 

Monday May 25, 2020  

Members Night and Annual General Meeting - Via invitation only on ZOOM

 

April Meeting Cancelled

 

March Meeting cancelled

 

Monday February 24, 2020

Tyler Weeldon “Prince Edward County coyote study and its findings and the natural history and taxonomy of coyotes”

 

January 27, 2020

Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue - Presentation and live animals

 

Monday, November 25, 2019

Janice Gilbert    Latest News on  Phragmites Control

& Bucket Raffle

 

Monday, October 28, 2019

Dr. Peregrine   Lyme Disease

 

Monday, September 30, 2019

James Kamstra

 

Monday, May 27, 2019

AGM and Members Night

 

Monday, April  29, 2019

Dr. Jeff Bowman

Bobcat and Lynx a Tail of Two Ontario Wild Cats

 

Monday, March 25, 2019

 Paul Laporte from North America Native Plant Society  Building Biodiversity with Native Plants

 

Monday January 28, 2019

Otto Peter Eastern South Africa Trip

 

November 26, 2018

Kevin Callan “Paddling the Thames: An Epic Canoe Journey”

and Bucket Raffle

 

Monday, October 29, 2018

Elizabeth Kellogg Bird Banding

 

 Monday, September 24, 2018

Tom Shields

The Orchids of Ontario

 

Monday, May 28, 2018

AGM and Members Night   

 

Monday, April 30, 2018

Josh Sayers – Ontario Badgers

 

Monday, February 25, 2019

Rayfield Pye Hawk Identification Workshop

 

Monday, March 26, 2018

Martyn Obbard - Polar Bears and Climate Change

 

Monday, February 26, 2018

Lois Gillette: Southern Africa Safari

 

Monday, January 29, 2018

James Kamstra:Life Cycles of Insects

 

Monday, November 27, 2017

 Dr. Todd Morris: Fresh Water Mussels of Ontario  

& BUCKET RAFFLE

 

Monday, October 30, 2017

 Mark Cadman:   The Decline of Aerial Insectivors

 

Monday September 25, 2017

Jean Iron: Wildlife of the Canadian Arctic and Iceland

 

Monday, May 29, 2017

Membership Night and Annual General Meeting

 

Monday, April 24, 2017

Jean Irons: Northbound Shorebirds  

Monday, March 27

Catherine Scott and Dr. Sean McCann: The Secret Lives of Spiders in Ontario and Beyond

 

Monday, February 27

Otto Peter: Natural History of Eastern South Africa

 

Tuesday, January 31, 2017  

Phill Holder: Biodiversity Research at Thickson’s Woods Nature Reserve and the Forgotten Pollinators

 

Monday, November 28, 2016

Glenn Coady: The Piping Plover Reclaims Lake Ontario – A New Breeding Species for Durham +

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