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What's That Wildflower?
Location: Earl Grey Community Club, 360 Cockburn St. North Fee: $10 for Nature Manitoba members (or students), $15 for non-members Manitoba is a great place to look for wildflowers. The diversity of habitats throughout the province provides an opportunity to see many different flowering plants, some of them rare and unusual. But what is that wildflower you've just seen? Join weekend botanist Marilyn Latta, to learn some tips on how to tell wildflowers apart, good reference books for Manitoba, and interesting locations to find wildflowers. The presentation will end with a visual parade of Manitoba Wildflowers from A-Z , and yes there really is one for every letter of the alphabet! From orchids and carnivorous plants to cactus and seaside plants, there is a little bit of everything to see and enjoy in this province.
Note this workshop date has changed from March 27th, 2023. Existing registrants are being contacted.
Photos by Marilyn Latta
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Birding for Beginners Series 2023
Event Date: May 2, 2023 to May 30, 2023 The perfect way to learn about birds and birding! If you are interested in learning the basics of birding but don't know where to start or you need help identifying birds, this series of outings is for you. The outings take place every Tuesday evening from 2 to 30 May and always start at 6:30 p.m. These outings will be led by Ward Christianson and Marlene Waldron, and possibly other knowledgeable birders. No registration is needed. See individual activities for additonal information.
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Cycle from St Vital Park to Bridgwater fountains
Location: St Vital Park Duck Pond
Time: Meet at the St Vital Duck Pond shelter at 12:45. Depart at 1:00 PM.
Description: This ride is all paved bike paths with just a few traffic lights. We head to the Bishop Grandin Greenway, then west to Bridgwater. We travel past numerous ponds and see all 3 Bridgwater fountains. We ride east along the Bishop Grandin Greenway back to St Vital Park. Our tentative route
Distance: 23K
Bring: Your name tag.
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Grand Beach Hike
Contact / Registration: To register please call Roger at 204-451-1219
Join Roger for a leisurely hike around the East and West beaches of Grand Beach including the spirit walk in Grand Beach Provincial Park. Please bring appropriate footwear and clothing and water and a lunch . Driver would require a provincial park pass . Meet at 9 am in parking lot close to R & R Restaurant ( formerly Perkins ) at Lagimodière and Regent ( northwest corner)
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Birding for Beginners Series 2023
Event Date: May 2, 2023 to May 30, 2023 The perfect way to learn about birds and birding! If you are interested in learning the basics of birding but don't know where to start or you need help identifying birds, this series of outings is for you. The outings take place every Tuesday evening from 2 to 30 May and always start at 6:30 p.m. These outings will be led by Ward Christianson and Marlene Waldron, and possibly other knowledgeable birders. No registration is needed. See individual activities for additonal information.
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Raptors
Location: Earl Grey Community Club, 360 Cockburn St. North Fee: $10 for Nature Manitoba members (or students), $15 for non-members This workshop will focus on Manitoba's diurnal raptors, with a few foreign birds and owls added for variety. Besides looking at images, we will also discuss the best places to find these birds and mention hawk watch activities.
Photo of raptor on tree by Michael Loyd. Photo of raptor on hydro pole by Rudolf Koes.
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Volunteer at Agape Table
Location: Agape Table, 364 Furby Street (½ block north of Portage Avenue, basement of The Wave Church)
Time: 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Description: Our crew of 7 people will help make bagged lunches. The work involves food prep (chopping, slicing, wrapping), making sandwiches, bagging lunches, and giving them to Agape Table's guests. Keith volunteers at Agape Table regularly.
Bring: Your name tag.
Hike In, Trash Out - Selkirk Area
Hike in, trash out. Every day is Earth Day, so we shall start with picking up the eternal garbage around Selkirk; this is mandatory participation if one wants to do the subsequent hike. Then we shall hike around for awhile and hopefully ponder the clean environment: 5 - 8 kms. Please bring your own garbage bags, gloves, sanitizer, wet wipes, and reachy stick apparatus thing (Dollaram) or whatever you use to do clean-up.
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Shoal Lakes, St. Ambroise and Delta
This outing will provide a good chance for seeing many waterfowl, grebes and herons, raptors and shorebirds. A visit to the PR. 227 garbage dump may turn up a rare gull. We will depart (carpool) from the northwest corner of the Garden City shopping mall parking lot at 7:30 a.m.
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Birding for Beginners Series 2023
Event Date: May 2, 2023 to May 30, 2023 The perfect way to learn about birds and birding! If you are interested in learning the basics of birding but don't know where to start or you need help identifying birds, this series of outings is for you. The outings take place every Tuesday evening from 2 to 30 May and always start at 6:30 p.m. These outings will be led by Ward Christianson and Marlene Waldron, and possibly other knowledgeable birders. No registration is needed. See individual activities for additonal information.
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Paddle the La Salle River from Starbuck (changed from Elie)
Time / Location: Meet at Humpty’s Restaurant (McGillivray & SW Perimeter) at 9:30 AM. We’ll drive the 22 km / 15 minutes along highway 334 to the Starbuck MB boat launch.
Note: The original launch location at Elie wasn't going to work for kayaks or more than 3 canoes because of bottlenecks, 2 dams/weirs, and 5 culverts.
Description: The La Salle River is wide at Starbuck. This will be an out-and-back paddle for an appropriate length of time. Ray led a Grey Hares paddle on the La Salle River from Starbuck on 2021-Oct-06 in fairly low water (9K upstream + 9K back).
Lunch: We'll find a shore location for lunch.
Bring: Water, sunscreen, your name tag, and extra clothes.
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Seventh Annual Memorial Bird Blitz
Event Date: May 20, 2023 to May 21, 2023 The event is in memory of all the birding friends we have lost over the years. Participation is open to all, from backyard birder to Big Day enthusiast. The idea is to enjoy birds at your own pace and submit a list of your sightings, plus area(s) covered, to Rudolf Koes (rkoes@mymts.net) after the event. Results will be reported on manitobabirds (Facebook page) after the event, as well as on the Nature Manitoba website.
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Libau/Beaconia/Brokenhead Wetland
We will look for prairie, wetland and woodland birds north of Libau. Red-headed Woodpecker, Yellow-throated Vireo, Orchard Oriole, Bobolink, Nelson’s Sparrow, Virginia Rail and a variety of warblers, raptors and shorebirds are all possible. We will finish the outing with a walk along the boardwalk at the Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve.
Meet at the Boston Pizza at the southeast corner of Chief Peguis Trail and Henderson Hwy. at 7:30 a.m. for a departure at 7:45 a.m. sharp
Cabin Lake Trail in Whiteshell Provincial Park
Contact / Registration: To register please call Roger at 204-451-1219
Hike the Cabin Trail in Whiteshell Provincial Park .
Meet at R&R restaurant parking lot ( formerly Perkins ) at Lagimodière ( Highway 59 ) at Regent at 9 am .
Carpooling will be arranged .Driver will need provincial park pass.
Dress appropriately with proper footwear and bring water and lunch .
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Birding for Beginners Series 2023
Event Date: May 2, 2023 to May 30, 2023 The perfect way to learn about birds and birding! If you are interested in learning the basics of birding but don't know where to start or you need help identifying birds, this series of outings is for you. The outings take place every Tuesday evening from 2 to 30 May and always start at 6:30 p.m. These outings will be led by Ward Christianson and Marlene Waldron, and possibly other knowledgeable birders. No registration is needed. See individual activities for additonal information.
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Seventh Annual Memorial Bird Blitz
Event Date: May 20, 2023 to May 21, 2023 The event is in memory of all the birding friends we have lost over the years. Participation is open to all, from backyard birder to Big Day enthusiast. The idea is to enjoy birds at your own pace and submit a list of your sightings, plus area(s) covered, to Rudolf Koes (rkoes@mymts.net) after the event. Results will be reported on manitobabirds (Facebook page) after the event, as well as on the Nature Manitoba website.
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Cycle Assiniboine Park to Fort Garry
Location / Time: Meet at Assiniboine Park Duck Pond shelter at 9:45 AM, with the aim of heading out at approximately 10:15.
Description: This ride will wind through Assiniboine Forest, Linden Woods, and Fort Garry, with lunch at Crescent Drive Park where washroom facilities are available. The route is a combination of asphalt bike paths, shale bike paths, and light-traffic residential streets. Moderate, relaxed pace to accommodate all participants.
Distance: 25K to 30K
Bring: Your name tag, lunch.
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Birding for Beginners Series 2023
Event Date: May 2, 2023 to May 30, 2023 The perfect way to learn about birds and birding! If you are interested in learning the basics of birding but don't know where to start or you need help identifying birds, this series of outings is for you. The outings take place every Tuesday evening from 2 to 30 May and always start at 6:30 p.m. These outings will be led by Ward Christianson and Marlene Waldron, and possibly other knowledgeable birders. No registration is needed. See individual activities for additonal information.
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Oak Hammock Marsh hiking and birding
Contact / Registration: June Thomson & Don Wilson -- register at 204-837-6469. There will be a limit of 12 people for the birding, and an unlimited number for the hiking.
Location: Oak Hammock Marsh is located 20 kilometers north of Winnipeg between Stonewall and Selkirk.
Time: 10:00 AM.
Description: Oak Hammock Marsh
There will be two groups:
1. A leisurely stroll around the cells of the marsh with binoculars to observe the returning birds and waterfowl, led by experienced birder Don Wilson. Bring your own binoculars/camera.
2. A 'forced march' around the cells for a greater walking distance.
Trails map
Lunch: The is a cafe in the Wetland Discovery Centre or you can bring a lunch and eat at one of the picnic tables outdoors.
Bring: Your name tag.
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