{"id":4864,"date":"2026-02-14T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/?p=4864"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:42:24","slug":"across-the-wilds-of-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/across-the-wilds-of-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Across the Wilds of North America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Events_QFNDinner_May20-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Events_QFNDinner_May20-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Events_QFNDinner_May20-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Events_QFNDinner_May20-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Events_QFNDinner_May20-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Events_QFNDinner_May20-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Events_QFNDinner_May20-495x640.jpg 495w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Events_QFNDinner_May20.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Annual Celebration&nbsp;Dinner&nbsp;on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quinte Field Naturalists is pleased to announce its annual&nbsp;dinner at St. Matthew&#8217;s Church, Belleville.&nbsp; We invite you to enjoy a delicious meal, hear a wonderful speaker, and support QFN&#8217;s efforts to conserve and protect nature in your neighbourhood and beyond.&nbsp; Our very engaging and informative guest is&nbsp;<strong><em>Mark Raycroft: Wildlife Photographer and Author<\/em>.<\/strong><br><br>Dinner&nbsp;will include both vegan and meat options.<br>Tickets are $40 per person (non-refundable).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the attached poster for further details.<br><br>Methods of payment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; E-transfer to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:qfnnature@gmail.com\">qfnnature@gmail.com<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Be sure to state &#8220;Dinner&nbsp;Tickets&#8221; in the message section of the e-transfer.&nbsp; Please notify <em>Patricia Nielsen at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:nielsen.patricia@hotmail.com\">nielsen.patricia@hotmail.com<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;or phone 613-243-2608 to provide names and choice of meal \u2013 vegan or chicken \u2013 for each person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By cash or cheque payable to &#8220;Quinte Field Naturalists&#8221; (bank requires full name) at a QFN meeting or deliver to Nancy Stevenson at 341 Cannifton Road North (north of the 401) or to another Board member.&nbsp; Upon receipt of payment, your ticket\/s will be reserved and a confirmation e-mail indicating ticket # will be sent. You may pick up your ticket\/s at any QFN meeting or at the&nbsp;dinner&nbsp;event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doors will open at 4:45 &#8212; plan to come a little early and enjoy the <strong><em>Silent Auction<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual Celebration&nbsp;Dinner&nbsp;on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026. Quinte Field Naturalists is pleased to announce its annual&nbsp;dinner at St. Matthew&#8217;s Church, Belleville.&nbsp; We invite you to enjoy a delicious meal, hear a wonderful speaker, and support QFN&#8217;s efforts to conserve and protect nature in your neighbourhood&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4,9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-areas","category-nature-bits","category-opportunities","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4972,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4864\/revisions\/4972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}