“Now that Spring is finally here, I was especially delighted recently to go for a pleasant run and hear the beautiful warbling song of several Eastern Meadowlarks,” said John Dickson of the Owen Sound Field Naturalists (OSFN). “But, I am still waiting to see them – as they were all hidden in the fog that day.”
The OSFN are hosting many Nature themed events and talks in the coming weeks, including:
Dr. Brent Patterson, with his new presentation – Understanding Drivers of Moose Population Dynamics in Ontario’s Boreal Forests.
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Based in the Peterborough area, Patterson is a Large Mammal Research Scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Wildlife Research & Monitoring Section. Patterson’s current research focuses on the population dynamics of deer, moose, and caribou – plus their predators.
Patterson joined the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources as a research scientist in 2001 and has been an adjunct professor at Trent University since that time as well. He also holds academic appointments at several other universities to facilitate his research with graduate students and other academics.
Along with his students and colleagues he has published more than 130 scientific papers on wolves, coyotes, caribou, deer and moose in Ontario and beyond. His talk is being held at 7PM Thursday, April 9, at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Doors open at 6:30 – Admission by donation.
- Grey Roots Spring Lectures will feature Allen Smutylo at 1pm Wednesday April 8, with his new book ‘Gold of Another Kind – The Lost Legacy of Georgian Bay.’ Details are here – https://greyroots.com/exhibit-event-program/spring-lecture-series-2026
- Popular presenter Beth Gilhespy offering Geology of the Owen Sound Area in 5 Hikes on April 21 at 6pm at the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library. You need to register in advance and details are here: https://owensound.libcal.com/event/3990528
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Dickson also adds, “What a discovery for me, to learn that newsletters of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists (F.O.N. – now Ontario Nature) have also been digitized and are available for viewing. It was quite a treat to see newsletters from the early 1950s with the distinctive artwork of Thoreau MacDonald on the title page.”
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