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  • 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 and a healthy review of the Coleoptera 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Board Meeting

    RDRN Office Kerry Wood Nature Centre

  • Insect Focus Group

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

    Your Host:  Don Wales Topic: Hymenoptera (Bees and wasps)  Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. They have four transparent wings and the females typically have a sting.

  • Bird Focus Group Walk

    Rotary Park 4837 43 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

    Location: Kin Kanyon Park Meet at Rotary Park Picnic area parking lot. Host: Keith Kline Bring your binoculars, camera and dress for the weather. All are welcome, you do not have to be a member to attend.

  • 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 […]

  • Bird Focus Group Walk

    Red Deer Polytechnic natural area College Circle, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

    Location: South of Red Deer College. The new Nova Chemicals Waskasoo Creek Nature Walk – an accessible one kilometre loop circling a pond in a natural area just south of the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre. We will continue into the forested area trails. Host: Keith Kline Meet in the southwest parking lot by […]

  • Bird Focus Group Walk

    Nova Chemicals Community Nature Trail Nova Chemicals Community Nature Trail, County of Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Red Deer River Naturalists Bird Focus Group Walk May 4, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Nova Chemicals Community Nature Trail Meet: Before you visit you can get a detailed map showing how to get there, and learn more about the area and visitor guidelines: http://www.novachem.com/pages/joffre/joffre.aspx […]

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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.