Indoor Program
Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Ancient Cedar Forest of the Niagara Escarpment
Peter Kelly
Peter is a native of London, Ontario. He joined the Cliff Ecology Research Group at the University of Guelph in 1989 after completing an M.Sc. at the University of Western Ontario. He has studied the ecology of the ancient cedar forest of the Niagara Escarpment for over 17 years and extensively photographed and sketched the ancient cedars over this time. He has photographed on every continent including Antarctica, and co-authored three books including The Last Stand; a Journey through the Ancient Cliff-Face Forest of the Niagara Escarpment.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Silence of the Songbirds
Bridget Stutchbury
Bridget Stutchbury is a professor of biology at York University. Recognized as an international birding expert, she is affiliated with more than a dozen organizations seeking to preserve bird habitats, including the World Wildlife Fund. She will talk about her ground-breaking book The Silence of the Songbirds which tells us why the disappearance of migratory songbirds should concern us all. The expert ornithologist and naturalist convincingly argues that songbirds truly are the canaries in the coal mine�except the coal mine looks a lot like Earth and we are the hapless excavators.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Saving Injured raptors in the Grimsby/Niagara Peninsula
Carol Ricciuto of the Open Sky Raptor Foundation
Carol opened the Open Sky Raptor Foundation in 1998 with one 8�x8' cage housing a Cooper�s Hawk. The caging has since grown to house many different types of diurnal raptors from kestrels to eagles, and she works with them from triage to release training. She travels all over southern Ontario to get or rescue birds of prey and people have also brought birds to her from further afield. Education of the public about these magnificent birds is very important to her - to tell people of the importance of these creatures in our eco-system, to tell of ways we can help them and rescue them and allow our future generations to marvel at the sight of them.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Annual Picnic
More information in the next newsletter.