Field naturalists to welcome photographer
Peterborough Field Naturalists (PFN) meet Wednesday at the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre, 2505 Pioneer Rd., Trent University, for their monthly meeting. Guest speaker, Mark Raycroft, one of Canada’s foremost wildlife photographers, will speak on his latest book Moose: Crowned Giant of the Northern Wilderness.
Raycroft’s book represents 25 years of photographic field work and features the biology and natural history of the north wood's largest and most majestic mammal.
A wildlife biologist by training, Raycroft specializes in moose, along with bears, deer, caribou, elk, and big-horned sheep. His images have appeared in numerous publications in Canada and internationally, including National Geographic, Canadian Geographic and Canadian Wildlife.
Also, the annual PFN Kermit’s Friends and Timber-doodles outing takes place Saturday. PFN member Martin Parker will lead the two-hour outing to listen to and distinguish between the different species of calling frogs and toads of our region and the courtship flight sounds of the American Woodcock (a.k.a. Timber-doodle).
Meet in the parking lot at Tim Horton’s in the Canadian Tire/ Sobey’s Plaza on Lansdowne St. W. at 7:30 p.m. to carpool to Hooton Line through the Cavan Swamp. The group will then walk a section of this closed roadway. Please bring a flashlight. Accessibility level is easy.
For further information visit peterboroughnature.org.
Regional Science Fair
The 49th Peterborough Regional Science Fair takes place Wednesday in the Science Complex and Chemical Sciences Buildings at Trent University with public viewing from 12:30 until 3:30 p.m.
Students from kindergarten to Grade 12 will be displaying their projects in biological, physical, engineering, and computing sciences. The day-long event concludes with an awards ceremony at 3:30 p.m. in Wenjack Theatre.
Students will compete for a multitude of prizes. Top entrants will win trips to compete at the Canada Wide Science Fair at the University of Ottawa in May.
Computers for beginners
A Beginners Basic Computer Class begins April 24 at Activity Haven. Instructor Victor Branch, a retired Professional Engineer, will teach the 15-week course that runs
Tuesdays from 10 a.m. until noon.
The course includes an introduction to computers, start up, menus, icons, files and folders, keyboard work, printing, word processing, internet surfing, e-mail, spreadsheets and more, taught in a relaxed learning environment.
Spaces are limited. Register at the office, 180 Barnardo Ave. For more information call 705-8761670.
Trent Gardens
Trent Vegetable Gardens at Trent University is hiring. Applications for the positions of garden coordinator and three student summer garden assistants will be accepted until Wednesday at 5 p.m. For further information or how to apply visit trentgardens.org/opportunities.
Also, the Gardens are looking for volunteers who are interested in ecological food production, food sustainability, and community building. Volunteers will learn about small scale sustainable agriculture while growing food for the Seasoned Spoon Cafe and other community organizations. Email emailto:trentvegetablegardens@gmail.com for more information.
Calendar:
LEARNING IN LEISURE: Tuesday from 9:15 a.m. until noon at Northminster United Church with speakers Nathan Jackson (Kawartha Ethanol Inc.); Kevin Callan (Scotland’s Spey River Paddle and Whiskey Tour). Season memberships $25 or pay $5 per session. Lug-a-mug for the cookie and coffee break. Wheelchair accessible. For more information visit www.learninginleisure.com
TRENT LECTURE: You Get What You Pay For: Funding in Cities in the 21st Century with Dr. Enid Slack, Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, U of T. Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Trent Student Centre, room 120. The annual Harry Kitchen Lecture in Public Policy sponsored by Trent Dept. of Economics.