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 […]

Speaker of the Month

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

RDRN General Meeting/Refreshments – 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Zach Dempsey – 8:00 p.m. Topic: Phylogeography of the Terrestrial Land Snail, Oreohelix Come for an evening with Speaker Zach Dempsey, as he shares the biodiversity, phylogeography and conservation status of the Oreohelid Species Oreohelix, land snail of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Zach Dempsey completed his MSc in […]

RDRN Annual Banquet and Speaker

Pioneer Lodge 4324 46a Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

RDRN Annual Banquet – October 25, 2019 held at the Pioneer Lodge, 4324 - 46A Avenue Red Deer, Alberta. Tickets are $35.00 and available for purchase at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre until Monday October 21. You must purchase your ticket in advance they are not available at the door. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., […]

Speaker of the Month

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

RDRN Announcements/Refreshments – 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Natalie Lifshitz – 8:00 p.m. Topic: Relationship between Coloration of Tree Swallows and Metal Pollution Dr. Natalie Lifshitz will be sharing her findings about the relationship between coloration of Tree Swallows and metal pollution, and the potential to measure this using digital photography.  

Speaker of the Month

Red Deer College 100 College Blvd, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Speaker: Dr. Andrew Derocher, PhD, MSc, BSF (Hon)  U of A Faculty of Science, Professor of Biological Sciences February 27, 2020 7:30 p.m. Red Deer College Room 2602. A joint presentation by the RDC Science Department and Red Deer River Naturalists Topic: Trouble at the Top: Polar Bears In A Warming Arctic Dr. Drocher's current […]

Speaker of the Month – THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

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

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Speaker: April Martinig -  Behavioural Ecologist March 26, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. held at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre Topic: Going the Distance: The Local Vacancy Game and How it Changes Dispersal of Red Squirrels April Martinig is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta. Her research explores animal […]

RDRN Virtual Speaker Night by Zoom

Speaker: April Martinig –  Behavioural Ecologist October 22, 2020 – 7:30 p.m. held by a Zoom meeting Topic: Going the Distance: The Local Vacancy Game and How it Changes Dispersal of Red Squirrels April Martinig is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta. Her research explores animal behavioral ecology and the implementation of this […]

RDRN Virtual Speaker Night by Zoom

Zoom Meeting

Speaker: Dr. Russell Markel, PhD November 26, 2020 – 7:30 p.m. held by a Zoom meeting Topic: Cascading Ecological Effects of Sea Otter Reintroduction and Kelp Forest Recovery Dr. Markel is an avid Naturalist, Educator, Ecologist and conservation Biologist. First create your Zoom account ahead of time. Click join a meeting. Meeting ID number: 821 […]

RDRN Virtual Speaker Night by Zoom

Zoom Meeting

Speaker: Dr. Randy Arsenault February 25, 2021  – 7:30 p.m. held by a Zoom meeting Topic: 25 Years in Africa: Ecology, Music and Education Dr. Arsenault is presently an Instructor with Red Deer College First create your Zoom account ahead of time. Click join a meeting. Meeting ID number: 845 9006 7071 Meeting passcode: 995782 […]