The Program for the 2015 Huron Fringe Birding Festival (May 22 – 25 & May 28 – 31, 2015) has been set and can be seen online at Friends of MacGregor Point Park Registration Website at http://friendsofmacgregor.org/page/huron-fringe-birding-festival.

The website says…

“Morning activities are filled with guided hikes concentrating not only on birds but wildflowers, butterflies and insects, in and outside the park.  Afternoons feature additional hikes, workshops on bird identification and nature photography, plus other natural interests.

Special events include a banquet with a special guest speaker.  Evening highlights include illustrated programs featuring excellent presenters and night hikes.”

You can find out more information and complete the online registration on their website.

Ingersoll District Nature Club’s Darwin Kent posted the following report about the “Ontario Badgers” presentation on the Your Voice Ingersoll Facebook page:

“22 members and guests of the Ingersoll District Nature Club attended the Ingersoll Library last night to listen to Josh Sayers from Ontario Badgers. Josh spoke on the lives of a Badger, their habitat, their travel and his work in tracking them. Very informative and interesting topic and speaker. Watch and like the Ingersoll District Nature Clubs Facebook page to see when our next speaker will be at the Ingersoll Library. Events are free and the public is welcome to attend. These meetings start at 7am and will end at approx 8:15. With this start and end time we are trying to accommodate any youth that attend.”

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Happy New Year from the Ingersoll District Nature Club!

Join us on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 for “The Ontario Badger” with guest speaker Josh Sayers of Ontario Badgers at the Ingersoll Public Library Meeting Room at 7:00 p.m.

Josh Sayers will share his research on Ontario Badgers. Southern Ontario is home to a small population of American Badgers (Taxidea taxus subspecies “jacksoni”). These rare, native carnivores are members of the weasel family and are among the most elusive animals in the province! They are mostly active by night, tend to avoid people, and wander over large areas. In fact a single badger’s territory can easily be several thousand acres! They are opportunistic carnivores, and feed on a variety of small animals, such as groundhogs (also known as woodchucks or gophers), rabbits, mice, chipmunks, frogs, turtle eggs, and insects. They hunt along the weedy and grassy edges of fields, forests, and meadows, and spend most of their days underground.