Events - Pembroke Area Field Naturalists

Tiger Swallowtail – Dave Colton

Hog Island Butterfly Count

Monday, July 20, 9 a.m. Rain date:

Meet Leader Jean Brereton at the Esso Service Centre at the corner of Pembroke Street East and the Quebec turnoff (148).

Viceroy on Spirea by Robin Cunningham

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Saturday, 25 July, 2026

Meet Leader Christian Renault 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