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Waterton Wild Show

Kerry Wood Nature Centre

This colourful show is a celebration of the wild creatures, wildflowers and majestic scenery of Waterton Park, from bears to beargrass, birds to butterflies and open meadows to mountain panoramas. Presented by Ian Wilson and Jacinthe Lavoie, Authors of Waterton Wild and Wildflowers of Waterton Park. After the presentation, Ian and Jacinthe welcome questions about […]

Speaker of the Month

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN Members Meeting/Coffee Time - 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Janine Higgins, Alberta Environment and Parks - 8:00 p.m. Janine will be giving a presentation on the aquatic invasive species threatening our province's biodiversity and economy, such as quagga and zebra mussels, flowering rush, goldfish, and phragmites. She will also give an update on the progress the Alberta Aquatic […]

Speaker of the Month

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN Members Meeting/Coffee Time – 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Bradley Peter, Alberta Lake Management Society – 8:00 p.m. Bradley will provide an overview of Citizen Science monitoring of lakes in Alberta, with a focus on the Red Deer River Watershed. Also new technology used to monitor lakes as well as emerging threats to aquatic ecosystems will be explored. Bradley Peter is […]

Speaker of the Month

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN Members Meeting/Coffee Time - 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Elly Knight - 8:00 p.m. Topic: Birds of the Unknown - Ecology & Conservation of Nightjars in Canada Thanks to their nocturnal and cryptic nature, Nightjars (Family Caprimulgidae)  have slipped through the ornithological cracks and are arguably the most poorly studied birds in North America.  Now, two of the […]

Speaker of the Month

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN Members Meeting/Coffee Time – 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Wes Olson – 8:00 p.m. Topic: The Ecological Bison Bison once occupied most of North America and they had complex interactions with almost every other bird, mammal, amphibian and reptile that shared their ecosystem. With stunning photographs of bison across their historical range, this presentation highlights some of these […]

Speaker of the Month

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN General Meeting/Refreshments – 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Sandra MacDougall – 8:00 p.m. Topic: Why did the Deer cross the road? Understanding the issues around animal/vehicle collisions in Alberta. Animal/vehicle collisions are a significant problem in Alberta affecting motorist safety and wildlife populations. Sandra will provide an overview of the magnitude of this issue in Alberta and […]

Speaker of the Month

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN General Meeting/Refreshments – 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Mirjam Barrueto – 8:00 p.m. Topic: The Bigger the Better: Large Landscape Wolverine Research in Southern Alberta and BC Mirjam Barrueto is a wolverine researcher, PhD student at the University of Calgary, conservation biologist, climber, ultra-runner and back-country skier and has a MSc in Zoology from the University of […]

Speaker of the Month

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN General Meeting-Announcements/Refreshments - 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Fabien Mavrot – 8:00 p.m. Topic: Monitoring Health in a Declining Muskox Population: Challenges and Solutions in the Remote Arctic. Dr. Mavrot is a Swiss Veterinarian with a strong interest in wildlife and epidemiology. He wrote his Veterinary thesis on infectious keratoconjunctivitis in Alpine Ibex and Chamois at […]

Speaker of the Month – Susanne Maidment

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN General Meeting-Announcements/Refreshments – 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Susanne Maidment – 8:00 p.m. Topic: Bird Banding: Owls to Hummingbirds Susanne Maidment will be sharing an evening with us on the Natural History of Hummingbirds and how to band them. Since 2006 Susanne has been banding hummingbirds. She states: "Wow, to hold a wild, healthy hummingbird is an […]

Speaker of the Month

Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

RDRN Sightings/Announcements/Refreshments – 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Carol Kelly, Executive Director of MRWC with OTIS the Owl – 8:00 p.m. Due to an illness our scheduled Speaker is not available. We wish to let you know that we will have OTIS in the house and Carol from the Medicine River Wildlife Centre who will update us […]

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The Red Deer River Naturalists acknowledges the traditional territory north of the Red Deer River of Treaty Six of the Blackfoot, Cree, Dene, Nakota Sioux (sue), and Saulteaux (sawl-toh) Peoples, the traditional territory south of the Red Deer River of Treaty Seven of the Niitsitapi (nee-itsee-TAH-peh) (Blackfoot), Siksika (seeg-see-kah), Piikani (pee-kah-nee), Kainai (g-ai-nah), Tsuu T’ina (soot-tenna), Stoney Nakota Peoples and the Battle River Territory District Three Métis Nation of Alberta.
We hope to serve and protect the traditional lands and waters with respect and commitment. Together, we can be a voice for nature.