Essex County Nature
Essex County Field Naturalists’ Club; c/o Ojibway Nature Centre, 5200 Matchette Rd. N9C 4E8 Windsor, ON, Canada

Did you miss the presentation on the Canadian Bat Box Project by Karen Vanderwolf? No problem! Check out the presentation on our YouTube channel. Be sure to give the video a thumbs up and hit that subscribe button! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GRMYOklq9o

Join us Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom for our monthly meeting and learn about a national bat box project from guest speaker Karen Vanderwolf. https://clt968083.bmeurl.co/B7BF899

Did you miss last night's fantastic presentation on the Blue Racer by Ryan Wolfe? No problem! Check out the presentation on our YouTube channel. Be sure to give the video a thumbs up if you like it and hit that subscribe button! https://youtu.be/0ywY8qz8USs

Blue Racer is the second largest snake species in Ontario and is found only on Pelee Island in all of Canada. Blue Racer is a species at risk. Join us tonight to learn about research ongoing to help recover this amazing snake!

Tonight! Essex County Nature - Live Online Members Meeting - November 11 at 7:30PM. We may not be able to meet in person but we can still meet live online! This meeting will take place live via Zoom. Ryan Wolfe will talk on the conservation aspect of his masters research project. It will be targeted at unraveling the history and current status of the Blue Racer in Canada while highlighting some of the conservation work going on to protect the species, and recommendations fo...r what we can do in the future. To join the meeting, visit the page below for the Zoom link. https://www.essexcountynature.com//essex-county-nature-me/

Online Members Meeting - Join us tonight at 7:30pm on our YouTube channel to learn all about Oak & Maple trees in our area! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AojtMuEOPNA

These are the final entries in our Love Nature photo contest. See them all in our Facebook album. Like and share your favourites. Thanks to all entrants for sharing your love of nature in Windsor and Essex County!

Read our latest update to members here: https://clt968083.bmeurl.co/B4F2305

Essex County Nature - Live Online Members Meeting - November 11 at 7:30PM. We may not be able to meet in person but we can still meet live online! This meeting will take place live via Zoom. Ryan Wolfe will talk on the conservation aspect of his masters research project. It will be targeted at unraveling the history and current status of the Blue Racer in Canada while highlighting some of the conservation work going on to protect the species, and recommendations for what we... can do in the future. The Zoom meeting link will be added here on Wednesday or for more information, visit our page for this meeting. Everyone is welcome! https://www.essexcountynature.com//essex-county-nature-me/

Our photo contest is open to all residents of Windsor/Essex County. Show us your love of nature. Send us a photo you have taken anywhere in Windsor/Essex County between March 15 and September 30, 2020. We will post all the entries here as they come in. 'Like' you favourites! Then our judges will pick the winners. For details about the contest go to our website: https://www.essexcountynature.com/love-nature-photo-contest/

Congratulations to all the winners of our first Love Nature photo contest. A shout-out to everyone who submitted their inspiring photos of nature in Windsor and Essex County. You made it hard to pick winners. A big thank you to board member Aileen Petrozzi for coming up with the idea and organizing this great event.... Keeping capturing and sharing those moments of nature magic. https://www.essexcountynature.com/love-nature-photo-contes/

Thanks to the new @river.bookshop in Amherstburg for stocking our books! Stop by and pick up a copy of the Wildflowers of the Canadian Erie Islands and the Fishes of Essex County. All proceeds of these books sales are provided to the Essex County Field Naturalists’ Club. Maybe pick up a few other books from their amazing selection as well! #shoplocal #bookstore #communitysupport #nature #books River Bookshop

A sunflower in full bloom in Kingsville on Aug. 3, 2020. Photo by Olivia Wuerch. Category: Adults

An osprey embraces the sky at Hillman Marsh Conservation Area on Sept. 27, 2020. I took this photo while on a canoeing trip. Photo by Nancy Platsko. Category: Adults

A honey bee with with a pollen sack on its leg sits on a flower in the Ojibway Prairie on Sept. 19, 2020. Photo by Linda Menard-Watt. Category: Adults

Touch me or touch me not is a child’s favourite. This photo was taken Sept. 27, 2020 at Point Pelee National Park. Photo by Lourdes Daly. Category: Adults