2020

At Nature PEI\’s upcoming AGM, Don McLelland will share his photographic journey to find all 32 species of wild orchids on PEI.  So far Don has found 30 of the known species, and hopes to find all 32 species by the end of summer 2021.   Don took up photography as a hobby after his retirement in 2009, chronicling […]

The preliminary work on this year’s Christmas Bird Counts has been established at least for now unless life changes in respect to COVID rules on PEI. The Society reviewed the attached package below from Birds Canada and would like to go ahead the PEI CBCs provided enough participants are willing. To ensure COVID 19 safety

Nature PEI\’s December meeting will feature a presentation by John Klymko of the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre on flower flies, deer flies, and horse flies. The flies are an underappreciated component of our wildlife. Most tend to go unnoticed, unless they bite, and then they are maligned. But upon closer examination, all flies lead interesting lives, and even

Hello all, There are still a few seats left for Tuesday\’s  presentation by Rosemary Curley on the impact of climate change on our  wild species November 3rd,  7:30 pm at Beaconsfield, the Carriage House, corner of West and Kent Street, CharlottetownPre-registration is essential to address COVID-19 requirements. Please contact Barbara Dylla (b.dylla@eastlink.ca) to register. Regards, Connie Gaudet

Autumn Colours in the Bonshaw Hills Provincial Park  Date: Saturday, October 17, 2020 (rain date Sunday October 18) Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM – please arrive by 1:20 PM Directions: Park at Baptist Church, right across the main entrance to the Bonshaw Hill Park, on the Trans Canada Highway. The hike will be an easy 2 km along

Hello all, Nature PEI is pleased to announce that we will be reconvening our monthly meetings at the Carriage House beginning on Oct. 6th as well as offering a fall workshop and field trip.  COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions will be in effect so things will look a little different, especially the need to pre-register for all

A Voice for Nature: The History of the Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island – Nature PEIPart II – 1989 to 2019 by J. Dan McAskill Is now available in full colour format as a pdf document. As part of its 50th anniversary, Nature PEI committed to celebrating thisspecial anniversary throughout 2019 and updating

The word is out – the winner in the PEI Book Awards competition this year in the non-fiction category is: Congratulations to all the authors! This is a landmark book in biological writing on PEI, years in the making and it is wonderful news that they are being congratulated in this way!