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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 […]

Bird Focus Group Walk

Location: Bower Woods Meet in the green space across from 35 Selkirk Boulevard. Bring your binoculars, camera and dress for the weather. All are welcome, you do not have to be a member to attend.

Bird Focus Group Walk

Gaetz Lakes Migratory Bird Sanctuary gaetz lake mirgratory bird sanctuary, red deer, alberta, Canada

Location: Gaetz Lakes Migratory Bird Sanctuary Meet inside the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Host: Keith Kline Bring your binoculars, camera and dress for the weather. We will enjoy coffee and cake afterwards.  All are welcome, you do not have to be a member to attend.

Christmas Bird Count

Print a copy of the Christmas Bird Count Tally Sheet, click here, choose a place to count the birds (map and instructions in the December 2018 newsletter). Please register where you will be counting with Judy Boyd (403-358-1098) so there will be no duplication of counts. Tally sheets must be received by December 29th. You may […]

Board Meeting

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

Insect Focus Group

Kerry Wood Nature Centre

Your Host:  Don Wales Topic:  Lepidoptera and miscellaneous orders. Lepidoptera - moths, butterflies. This is one of the most well known and easily recognizable orders of insects. The order Lepidoptera means 'scaly wings'. They have four large scale-covered wings that bear distinctive markings, and larvae that are caterpillars.  

Annual General Meeting

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

Come join us and hear our reports, achievements, up-coming events and speakers. We also need Board Members and a new Secretary for the New Year. Think about joining the Board it is very rewarding. Get involved!

Board Meeting

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

Insect Focus Group

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

Your Host:  Don Wales Topic:  Diptera order Diptera – true flies. The Diptera include flies, mosquitos, gnats, midges, and no-see-ums. There are about 120,000 known species of true flies alive today. Dipterans typically have sucking mouth-parts, and may feed on plant juices or on decaying organic matter. A number of dipterans feed on blood, and some […]

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 […]

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Box 785
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
T4N 5H2

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rdrn.nature@gmail.com

Phone Number
1-403-347-8200

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.