Bicycle Birding Tour
Saturday, 16 May 2026, 7 a.m.
Saturday, May 16, 7 a.m.
Participants to meet at the Pembroke Airport. Excursion will cover the Algonquin Trail to Base Petawawa
Leaders: Christian Renault and Grant Bickel
Black-capped Chickadee by Maggie Jones 2026
Petawawa Terrace Birding
Saturday, 23 May 2026
Leader – Logan Baldwin
Meet at 7 am in the parking lot of Petawawa Provincial Park on Laurentian Drive
Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Kristi Beatty 2024
Children’s Garden Yard Sale
Saturday, 13 June 2026
Contact – Benita Richardson
Butterfly Counts
July, Dates TBA
Leader – Jean Brereton
Viceroy on Spirea by Robin Cunningham
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Saturday, 25 July 2026
Leader – Christian Renault Meet at 9:00 am at Melissa Bishop Park.
Ebony Jewelwing by Robin Cunningham
COMPLETED -Winter Waterfowl Count (Ducks on Ice) – January 3
January 3. We will split up and scout Renfrew County for lingering waterfowl. Our data will be part of a Canada/USA survey.
Contact Robin Cunningham
Long-tailed Duck – R. Cunningham
COMPLETED – Winter Animal Tracking Snowshoe Trek
Saturday, February 14, 9 a.m. to noon
Foy Provincial Park – 933 Red Rock Road
Join Ethan Huner, a local naturalist/educator, PAFN member, and avid tracker who’s been spreading his passion for tracking for the past 25 years. If you’ve ever wondered what animal made that track, trail, or scat in snow, this event will help you discover these answers and many more!
Adding tracking skills to your naturalist knowledge will help you gain a new awareness into the lives of animals found throughout our region, and in your own back yard!
Throughout a beautiful forest snowshoe trek, we will become more familiar with various tracks and sign and behaviours of local wildlife and learn about winter ecology in general.
Requirements: Participants must be equipped with the appropriate outdoor gear to stay warm and comfortable in winter weather conditions for 3 hours and be able to snowshoe off-trail in easy to moderate terrain for up to 3 kms max. We will be moving at a fairly slow pace, stopping often to look and discuss.
Ethan Huner: hunerethan@gmail.com
Was this a grouse that woke up from under the snow?
COMPLETED – Zoom meeting with guest speakers
Wednesday, March 25, 7 p.m.
Katie Cunningham – Update on Sturgeon and Muskie research in the Petawawa watershed
Dr. Ryan Norris – Canada Jays
COMPLETED – Owl Prowl
Leaders – Ted Hiscock derail9mm@gmail.com and Janice Harrison
Barred Owl – Nancy Hiscock
COMPLETED -2026 Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 6:30-9:00 pm
Algonquin College, Pembroke Campus, Room 429/430
All are welcome!
Guest Speaker – Grant Dobson: Desolation to Diversity – Four decades of lessons learned restoring land no one wanted.
COMPLETED -Waterfowl Drive
Saturday, 25 April 2026
Contact: Robin Cunningham
Meet at 8:00 am at the Pembroke Marina East Parking Lot
Snow Goose with Canada Geese by Robin Cunningham
