Norfolk Field Naturalists

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About the NFN

The NFN is a community-based, non-profit organization founded in 1962. The aims of the group are the study, appreciation and conservation of our natural world.

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The Lotus

Download our NFN Lotus newsletter as well as our annual reports.

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Membership

Are you or your children interested in the natural world? Are you interested in habitat restoration? If so, please join us!

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Coming Events

Oct

Fascinating Fungi: Mushroom Identification–Field Event (pre-registration required)

Join us on a Fall hike at Trout Creek (LPBLT’s property) to look for and identify mushrooms and other fungi. Pre-registration is required.

Oct

Fascinating Fungi: Mushroom Identification–Field Event (Afternoon session, pre-registration required)

Join us on a Fall hike at Trout Creek (LPBLT’s property) to look for and identify mushrooms and other fungi. Pre-registration is required.

Oct

Fascinating Fungi: Mushroom Identification–Field Event (Morning session, pre-registration required)

Join us on a Fall hike at Trout Creek (LPBLT’s property) to look for and identify mushrooms and other fungi. Pre-registration is required.

Oct

“The Owl Foundation — A Fly-by Night Organization”–Speaker Event (via Zoom)

Peter Thoem will tell us how the staff of The Owl Foundation receives and treats more than a hundred owls a year. This event will be held via Zoom. A link will be sent to NFN members in advance.

Nov

“Monarch Butterflies: A Tale of Milkweed, Migration, and Management Strategies”–Speaker Event (via Zoom)

Presenter Samantha Knight is the Program Manager, Weston Family Science, at the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Dec

Members’ Night (via Zoom)

Members are invited to share up to 20 electronic photos or a short video no more than 10 minutes of sightings or trips.

Dec

Christmas Bird Count: Woodhouse

Join in one of the local Christmas Bird Counts and spend the day in the field identifying and counting all the birds you see or hear. Data collected during these annual events provides vital information on the distribution of winter bird populations.

Dec

Christmas Bird Count: Fisherville

Join one of the local Christmas Bird Counts and spend the day in the field identifying and counting all the birds you see or hear. Data collected during these annual events provides vital information on the distribution of winter bird populations.

Jan

“Threats Facing Bats in Ontario”–Speaker Event (via Zoom)

Kaleigh Norquay is the Lab Manager for the Willis Bat Lab at the University of Winnipeg. They regularly do research in Ontario and are a part of the Neighbourhood Bat Watch, a group of researchers across Canada that monitor bat populations.

Feb

“Lake Erie: What Do the Birds Tell Us?”–Speaker Event (via Zoom)

Speaker Doug Tozer is the Director, Waterbirds and Wetlands with Birds Canada. He is currently working in this specialty by directing the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program, Canadian Lakes Loon Survey, and Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Program.