In celebrationof Earth Day, the National Capital Wildlife Festival presents GeoSearch 2011. Available all year around at a time convenient to you. Click here for more info and the Geo coordinates.
| Friday, March 25 (English), 7-10 p.m. Gatineau Park Visitor Centre, 33 Scott Road, Chelsea QC Friends of Gatineau Park present Owl Prowl. This program is a hoot!! Join the Friends of Gatineau Park for their popular evening program, Owl Prowl. Bernie Ladouceur, experienced birdwatcher, will introduce us to the many owls that share the Park with us. Learn about their unique features and behaviours. Afterwards, we will go into the Park, learn their calls and see who will respond! Adults $15 (Members $12), Seniors/Students $12 (Members $10), Children $5 Information and Registration: (819) 827-2020 www.friendsofgatineaupark.ca |
| Saturday and Sunday, March 26 and 27 (Mall hours) Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, Bank Street at Riverside Drive: Wildlife Awareness Event where wildlife organizations from around the region come together to celebrate National Wildlife Week in the Nation's Capital. Give-aways, information on wildlife, conservation, mascots, face painting, live animals. Silent auction begins on March 25. Information: 613 831-2253 |
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Sunday, April 10 and ongoing Arboretum, Experimental Farm, Prince of Wales Drive: Find the GPS coordinates on our website, www.wildlifefestival.org, and Geo-Search for ten interesting sites while sharpening your senses to sights and sounds along the way. Your reward is finding the sites! Information: 613 831-2253 |
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Tuesday, April 12, 6 - 9:30 p.m. Canadian Museum of Nature, Metcalfe and Mcleod Streets: Celebrate National Wildlife Week in this region and the International Year of Forests with a Forum on Forests. Join us for a thought-provoking evening as we look into the threats to our forests and the tools for protection, and the various ways to conserve our forests from national, regional and local perspectives. Information tables, displays, handouts and refreshments. For information: 613 831-2253 or www.ncrwildlifefestival.org |
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Friday, April 15, 6 p.m. to dark Stony Swamp Parking Lot for Beaver Trail, Moodie Drive, south of Hunt Club: Family Nature Walk at Stony Swamp with Martha Webber , botanist, naturalist and educator, who will encourage participants to discover the wonders of the night sounds and sights of nature in spring. Information and Registration: 613 839-5217 |
| Friday, April 15 (French) and Friday, April 22 (English), 7-10 p.m. Gatineau Park Visitors Centre, 33 Scott Road, Chelsea QC Friends of Gatineau Park of Gatineau Park present Frog Chorus: Spring is in the air and frog songs are filling the night! Join the Friends of Gatineau Park for their popular evening program, Frog Chorus. Rob Alvo, an amphibian specialist will introduce you to amphibians of Gatineau Park and their different calls during an indoor presentation. Afterwards, we will go into the Park, enjoy the concert first hand and identify who is who! All participants will receive a free CD with frog calls from the Frogwatch Programme! Adults $15 (Members $12), Seniors/Students $12 (Members $10), Children $5 Information and Registration: (819) 827-2020 http://www.friendsofgatineaupark.ca |
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Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. to Noon Cliffland Clifford Family Protected Wilderness, 502 Hills of Peace, Lanark: Enjoy 5 km of relatively easy to moderate hiking on the Earth Day Walk to Blueberry Mountain, one of the seven wonders of Lanark County. This guided walk will include a dramatization of the life of John Muir and participants will be rewarded with a very scenic outlook from the top of the mountain. Information and Registration: 613 259-3412 |
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Tuesday and Wednesday, April 19 and 20 Wild Bird Care Centre, 734 Moodie Drive, Park in Stony Swamp Parking Lot for Beaver Trail: The National Capital Region Wildlife Festival and the Wild Bird Care Centre will host Birds: A Walk and Talk from 1 to 3 p.m. Get acquainted with the rehabilitation centre staff and their bird guests and take a walk along the Beaver Trail. Donations. Registration required. Information and Registration: 613 828-2849 |
| Saturday, April 23, 1:30 to 4 p.m. RIM Parking Lot, Innovation Drive, Klondike and Second Line:: Learn about the culinary wonders of the wild with botanist and naturalist Martha Webber by joining her Edible Wild Walk in the Kanata Woods. Information and Registration: 613 839-5217 |
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Tuesday, April 26, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. |
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Saturday, April 30, 8 a.m. Entrance to the Britannia Filtration Plant on Cassels Street: Dave Moore and Bev McBride of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club lead a General Interest Nature Walk through the Britannia Conservation Area. Limited to 15 participants. Information and Registration: 613 729-9330 redstart@vif.com |
| Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Klondike and Second Line Roads (Park on Second Line Road): Families in Nature Walk on the Heron Pond Trail in the Kanata Woods with Martha Webber , botanist, naturalist and educator, who will encourage participants to discover the wonders of the sights of nature in spring. Bring a bag lunch. Information and Registration: 613 839-5217 |
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Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m. McCarthy Woods, Riverside Park/Hunt Club: Nature Walk in the McCarthy Woods with Lynn Kaplansky through a small but diverse urban forest with huge hardwoods, carpets of spring flowers and many signs of wild inhabitants. Easy trails but some may be muddy. Meet in mall parking lot at McCarthy Rd. and Paul Anka Dr. Information and Registration: 613 731-6141 |
