Mark your calendar for the Land Trust's Annual General Meeting. Guest speaker will be Phil Roberts. The AGM will be held in Room E of the Essex Civic Centre at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Guest speaker is Phil Roberts who will discuss Ojibway Shores.Call Betty at 519-944-0825 for more details.
Dr. Oliver P. Love has kindly accepted the Land Trust's invitation to be guest speaker at the Land Trust's dinner planned for Friday, April 9, 2010 at the Caboto Club, Windsor, Ontario.
Dr. Love is Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, joining the faculty in 2009. Dr. Love has entitled his talk Monitoring Canadian Snow Buntings: From Arctic Breeding Grounds to Southern Wintering Grounds.
Dr. Love provided the following summary of his presentation: Snow buntings are the archetypical Canadian snowbird arriving early in the high Arctic in spring to breed, and magically appearing on Southern wintering grounds just as heavy snow begins to fall. Although these robust birds would seem to have the ability to deal with any problems sent their way, recent surveys by the National Audubon Society have reported that US populations have declined by 64% in the past forty years. To understand whether Canadian populations are experiencing these declines, and to understand the potential mechanisms behind these population crashes, we are tracking the success of the species across the entire year by directly monitoring breeding ecology in the Eastern Arctic, migratory timing and routes, and wintering populations in Southern Canada. We are combining field data with historical analyses of population dynamics to understand whether changes in agricultural practices and climate are behind potential declines. This information will give Canadians a better understanding of how the changing Arctic and Temperate world affect the persistence of this important species.
Dinner will be served in the Marconi Room of the Caboto Club. Doors open at 6:00p.m. with a silent auction on display. Dinner tickets are $35.00 and are available by calling Betty Learmouth at 516-945-0825. Donations towards the silent auction are welcome.
Enjoy a walk to enjoy spring migrants and flowering plants in the Ainslie Woodland located within the Town of Leamington on May 8, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Directions: From Staples proceed south on County Road 77, watching for Concession 10. Turn left and proceed east along Concession 10 for 3 kilometres to the woodland and the lane access which is on the north side of the concession.
GPS setting is N42 08.757 and WO82 33.503. Call Betty at 519-994-0825 for further information. Donations are welcome towards the Land Trust's Legacy Fund.