Beaver Meadow BioBlitz

Hello, PECFN Members, We’re excited to announce our 2026 Bioblitz at Beaver Meadow Conservation Area. BioBlitzes, which take place over 24 hours, are a fun learning experience for all ages, and Beaver Meadow is such a beautiful area that just being there is a…

Fishing With Kids

FISHING WITH KIDS EVENT TO CELEBRATE 18 YEARS OF FAMILY FUN IN MEMORY OF BLAIR SMITH   Trenton, ON – The annual Blair Smith Memorial Fishing with Kids event is back for its 18th year and will be taking place on Saturday, July 25,2026.  This…

Discover & Celebrate the Salmon River

Discover Our Gem: the Salmon River Headwaters   Please join us on Saturday morning, July 25 in Arden to celebrate the beauty and importance of our Salmon River Headwaters The life force that brings health and services to ‘the downstream’ Mingle with members of…

Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre

Greetings friends, However you like to celebrate the holidays, we wish you a warm relaxing time with family & friends, and the opportunity to appreciate our beautiful landscape and our magnificent Salmon River watershed. Thank you to Avis Price, FSR member, who researched and wrote this…

Time for Ox-eye Daisy Snacks

OX-EYE DAISY SNACKS My late father never worried too much about weeds on the farm. Crop rotation generally kept most weeds in check, and a sharpened hoe did an adequate job in keeping them out of our potato patch and tomato fields. I know,…

Bird Friendly Garden Plants

Poster courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Birding Abandoned Fields

No doubt you have noticed as you have been driving the back roads this past month, birds flitting around in grassy meadows and darting from bush to bush. This month we check out the “little brown jobs,” the sparrows. They are passing through right…

Watch For Dangers When Out Foraging

When I used to work for a conservation authority in Picton, one of my jobs in early spring was to visit all the local schools and warn the kids of the dangers of playing too closely to fast flowing water and flooded areas. One…

Roadside Ponds, Wetlands, and Other Nooks and Crannies

The idea for this month`s places to bird came from an experience at a little insignificant pond south of Milford about 14 years ago. It is a combination of two small ponds – farm ponds they appear to be, likely spring fed as there…

The Menzel Centennial Provincial Nature Reserve