NOTE: We are back to our previous meeting location
St Alban the Martyr Anglican Church
537 Main St.
Glen Williams, (Georgetown) Ont. (MAP)
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 cancelled
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Subject: Turtles of Ontario
Speaker: Don Scallen
This presentation is a deep dive into the natural history of Ontario’s native turtle species and the grave conservation issues they face. Club member Don Scallen is a lifelong naturalist, turtle lover and writer.
Check out his articles at https://www.inthehills.ca/author/don-
scallen/
Don has kayaked throughout southern Ontario, learning about the habits, distribution, and behaviour of turtles. He contributed hundreds of records to the Turtle Tally program at the Toronto Zoo. In 2008/09 he played a key role in a road mortality mitigation project undertaken by the Toronto Zoo and the Ontario Ministry of Transport.
Doors open at 7:00 for greeting and social chat.
St Alban’s Church
Presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m.
E-Mail us at info@hnpnc.com if you want more information about our meetings, outings, or membership.
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Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month from September to June unless otherwise stated. Meetings take place at St Alban the Martyr Anglican Church
537 Main St.
Glen Williams, (Georgetown) Ont.
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Past Speakers
- September 13, 2022 – CVC’s Butterfly Blitz with mention of West Virginia White butterflies: Laura Timms PhD
- May 10, 2022 – Monitoring Bird Boxes on CVC Properties: Christina Kovacs
- April 12, 2022 – The Galapagos Islands : Elizabeth Szekeres
- March 8, 2022 – Eat the Beetles: David Waltner-Toews
- February 8, 2022 – Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-feeding Creatures: Bill Schutt
- January 11, 2022 – Trail Cameras How They Work: Janet Pesaturo
- November 9, 2021 – Algonquin Park: Michael Runtz
- October 12, 2021 – A fifth limb: tails of hanging around in the Neotropical rain forest: Fiona Reid
- September 14, 2021 – From endangered Redside Dace to stunning Brook Trout: Don Scallen
- June 8, 2021 – Ontario Prairies, Savannahs and Grasslands: Dan Stuart
- May 11, 2021 – The wildlife of the Pribilof Islands: Rich Hoyer
- April 13, 2021 – Caterpillars the Whole Story: Caterpillars, Connections, and Why Biodiversity Matters: Sam Jaffe
- March 9, 2021 – Saving South American Giants (giant armadillos): Arnaud Desbiez
- February 9, 2021 – Central American Amphibians and Reptiles: Twan Leenders
- January 12, 2021 – Beautiful Nocturnal Creatures – Costa Rican Night Life: Tracie Stice, Gianfranco Gomez
- November 10, 2020 – Come Walk With Us: Sonya and Sean Morton walking journey across Canada
- March 10, 2020 – Local Insect Discovery
- February 11, 2020 – Bill McIlveen
- January 14, 2020 – Ontario Herptiles
- November 12, 2019 – The Special Wetlands of the Hamilton Watershed
- October 8, 2019 – Toxic Animals
- September 10, 2019 – Tropical Nature
- May 14, 2019 – Wetland Wildlife
- April 9, 2019 – Mark Engstrom: Out of the Depths
- March 12, 2019 – Catherine Scott: Eat Prey Love: The Secret Lives of Spiders
- February 26, 2019 – Gary Hall: Practical tips to take your nature photography to the next level
- January 8, 2019 – Laura Timms: little things that run the world
