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Marshland Centre, 65 Hague Boulevard, Lakefield
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Event Details:

Lakefield Trail Stewardship Committee volunteers are pleased to announce that local biologist/educator Sheila Potter will lead a Spring Nature Hike on Sunday, April 23^rd.  The hike will start at the Marshland Centre in Lakefield at 1:30pm.

“What a great way to celebrate Earth Week by highlighting nature on the Lakefield Trail.” states Chairperson Bruce Bellchambers.

Sheila Potter is passionate about connecting people to nature. She says her spring talk could be called “The Race is On!”. The race to arrive, set-up house, find a mate, raise some young - it is a stressful, exhausting and brutal time of year for organisms all around us but that makes for a wonderful show! Sheila will talk about how you too can create habitat with whatever small patch of land you might have. Learn about some of the great migrations and special birds to listen for at this time of year and list them on the app eBird. Sheila will get participants to listen for frog calls near the marsh and she’ll talk about how turtles are starting to move this time of year and will soon be on the roads. Learn about iNaturalist - an app for identifying organisms of all kinds and Merlin an app for bird calls.

Space is limited for this event so be sure to sign up early at Eventbrite.ca or by calling 705 652-7402. Go to www.LakefieldTrail.ca and the Lakefield Trail Facebook Page to learn more.

Contact: Hike Co-ordinator – David Walsh – 705 652-7402   walsh.dm41@gmail.com