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A great photographic resource for local butterfly species. The galleries are organized taxonomically.

www.pursuitofpixels.com

Excellent site for dragonfly info and it's now been expanded with many photos. Also on this Odonate website there is a set of instructions on how to build your own dragonfly net! There is a pdf file to download or print. Check it out!

 

 

Welcome to the Pembroke Area Field Naturalists Club

Situated in the Ottawa Valley in Eastern Ontario, our organization is 25 years old. Formerly the Pembroke & Area Bird Club, we have documented 302 species of birds within our birding circle, being most of central Renfrew County, ON and western Pontiac County, QC. 

Check out the 2012 PAFN Trips and Events on our Events page!

 Check out the Shaw Woods Outdoor Education Centre.

Renfrew County Mapping is an interactive mapping tool that enables users to search for properties, find points of interest, locate street addresses, create maps and perform various other geographic searches in the County of Renfrew.

eButterfly

Every year hundreds of people across Canada observe, photograph and collect butterflies for fun and for science. Now eButterfly users can contribute to an interactive online database by submitting their observations and photos (wild or specimen) through our intuitive data input system, with its many drop down lists of sites, species and dates. It will be easy for you to add photographs. Advanced tools are available to then turn the data into your own checklists, dynamic distribution maps and virtual butterfly photo collections. An added benefit of this growing online community database is that it already contains hundreds of thousands of butterfly records ranging from 150 years ago to the present. Finally, you will be able to share your sightings and join the interactive eButterfly national community. To ensure the validity of data entries, regional experts review records submitted and consult when necessary with users. All records posted on eButterfly can be made publicly available or secured if you choose not to make them public.

Scientists will be able to use the data to develop up-to-date species distribution models (SDMs). Then the impacts on butterflies can be measured of factors related to climate change, including temperature and precipitation variations, as well as effects of human land use. The results will help us understand and mitigate impacts of global change on Canadian butterfly diversity and help conservation biologists decide where conservation efforts should be focused.

 The new Bird Lister's Corner for PAFN Club members is now operational and will be updated quarterly.Send your lists in to Ken Hooles at hooles@bell.net by May 20 to be included in the next update!

Top 10 Naturalist Destinations in Renfrew County, including species lists (compiled by Chris Michener): http://www.ottawavalley.travel/naturalist-guide/

Renfrew County Biotabase

The Renfrew County Biotabase is an online flora and fauna survey of Renfrew County. Please check out the Biotabase newsletter to see how you can get involved. Your surveys, sightings, and lists of species identified in Renfrew County will be valuable additions to our knowledge of the flora and fauna of Renfrew County.

Ongoing PAFN programs include:

 Gathering and providing data on winter bird populations and distribution to Bird Studies Canada by conducting two Christmas Bird Counts, in Pembroke and Eganville.

 

Gathering distribution and diversity data for butterfly studies by conducting two annual Butterfly Counts in Renfrew County.

 

Contributing odonata population and distribution data to the Toronto Entomologists Association by conducting an annual dragonfly count.

 

Conducting a winter waterfowl survey on the Ottawa River in conjunction with the Ministry of Natural Resources.

 

Leading a variety of public field trips throughout the year to introduce and educate participants to the biodiversity of our region.

 

Hosting open meetings with educational presentations and guest speakers.

 

Participating in Renfrew County Natural History Day.

 

Setting up an information display at the Renfrew County Annual Outdoor Woodlot Conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Walk in the Petawawa Terrace (Old Fish Hatchery)

 

Date: May 20

Time: 5 PM

Trip Leaders: Rob Cunningham and Christian Renault

Meet in the upper parking lot of the Terrace, on Laurentian Drive. (go west of Pembroke

on Pembroke St. towards Petawawa, turn north on Laurentian Dr., watch for sign and parking area). Some migrant songbirds and waterfowl can be expected. Good outing for children as Canada Geese will likely be present and, quite possibly, with young. This is an enjoyable, relaxed outing. Please bring rubber boots for some wet/muddy areas.

 

The 10th Annual Natural History Day-Admission Free

 

Date: May 26

Where: Eganville Community Arena, 178 Jane St., Eganville

Agenda

Time: Doors open at 8:30 AM and talks start at 9 AM. Lunch hour is at 12, please bring a bag lunch. Field trips will head out after lunch and will include a guided walk in the Shaw Woods. Grant Dobson of Connaught Nursery will give a guided tour of the nursery and the gardens/habitats that have been created there. There will be a Children's Program which will start at 9:45 and run until lunch. 

 

Please register by phone at 613-732-5511 after April 14. Leave a message with how many adults and children you are registering. The event is free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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