2026 Events
Zoom meeting with guest speakers
Wednesday, March 25, 7 p.m.
(Wednesday, February 25 is POSTPONED)
Katie Cunningham – Update on Sturgeon and Muskie research in the Petawawa watershed
Dr. Ryan Norris – Canada Jays
Contact Robin at rcunning88@gmail.com Link will be emailed to PAFN members.
Owl Prowl
TBA March – We will email notification to members
Leaders: Ted Hiscock and Janice Harrison.
Barred Owl – Nancy Hiscock
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, April 15, 6:30 p.m.
at Algonquin College, Pembroke Campus
Guest speaker: Grant Dobson: Desolation to Diversity – Four decades of lessons learned restoring the land no one wanted.
Ovenbird and Bunchberry – Grant Dobson
Waterfowl Drive
Saturday, April 25
Meet at 8 a.m. at the Pembroke Marina
Snow Goose with Canada Geese – R. Cunningham
Bicycle Birding
Saturday, May 16
Leaders – Christian Renault and Grant Bickel
Petawawa Terrace Birding
Saturday, May 23,
Meet at 7 a.m., in the parking lot of Petawawa Provincial Park on Laurentian Drive.
Canada Warbler – R. Cunningham
Children’s Garden Yard Sale
Saturday, June 13
Butterfly Counts
July, TBA
Viceroy on Spirea – R. Cunningham
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Saturday, July 25
Meet at 9 a.m., at Melissa Bishop Park. Leader: Christian Renault
Ebony Jewelwing – R. Cunningham
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 rcunning88@gmail.com
Long-tailed Duck – R. Cunningham
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?