MVFN Annual Spring Nature Walk  

Sunday, May 31, 2009

To the beautiful and lush property of MVFN members Gloria Opzoomer’s and Paul Sprague’s farm in Tay Valley. Featuring wetlands, forest and open areas, trails.

Car Pooling: Eastern Lanark: Meet at Union Hall (Corner of County Roads 9 and 16) at 8:30 A.M.
Western Lanark: Meet at Balderson (back parking lot of Balderson Cheese) at 8:45.
Bring: bug juice, bug juice, bug juice, binoculars, and anything else for the woods.

Lunch: is scheduled at Temples Maple Sugar Bush restaurant, near Ferguson Falls.
For more information, contact Mike McPhail at 613-256-7211 (evenings and week-ends) or mcphaim@algonquincollege.com.

Please register and confirm attendance with Mike.

Filed under: Outings by Pauline Donaldson May 20th, 2009
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The Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists Annual General Meeting will be held Thursday, May 21, 2009 at Union Hall. Reception will begin at 6 pm followed by welcome and business meeting starting at 7 pm. At approximately 8:30 pm a presentation of nature photographs by Mark Garbutt. Further details to follow.

Filed under: Current Programme by Pauline Donaldson May 7th, 2009
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Almonte United Church’s ‘Spirit of the Garden’ event (Apr 2009) featured many speakers. In honour of Poetry Month, the Lanark County Live Poet Society was invited to perform poems as an introduction for each speaker. Tammy MacKenzie, who loves both gardening and birds, wrote and performed the following (posted here with Tammy’s permission) to introduce MVFN member Cliff [...]

Filed under: Birding by Pauline Donaldson May 6th, 2009
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