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DURHAM REGION FIELD NATURALISTS![]()
WELCOME TO THE DRFN WEBSITE!
Our motto is “conservation through education”
We are a group of friendly people who share our love of nature through regular meetings and field trips. We hope that you will join us.
NEXT MEETING
Monday February 23, 2026
7:30P.M. - In Person Meeting
Speaker: Don Scallen
“Hidden Life: Amorous salamanders,
piscine stonemasons, and crooning tree
crickets “
All around us creatures are conducting their lives largely unseen. We are aware of birds and the larger mammals but there is a host of animals active underwater or after dark that are seldom observed. Others use
camouflage to conceal their presence. Don
will share images and stories about fish,
caterpillars and other animals that slip
under the radar.
Don is a writer, naturalist, and former
president of the Halton North Peel
Naturalist club. He is a regular contributor
to an acclaimed regional magazine called In
The Hills www.inthehills.ca/author/donscallen/
and has published two books: Nature Where We Live and Spotted
Salamanders and their world”
Yummies for Youth Bake Sale –
bring cash and/or your labelled baked goods
Most meetings are held at Centennial Albert United Church,
19 Rosehill Blvd.,
Oshawa.
There is plenty of parking.
Doors open at 7:00pm
Please come early for a chat with fellow naturalists.
DRFN does not have meetings
in June, July, August and December
Photo by Don Scallen River Chub male on his nest
Available for purchase at
Chapter’s/Indigo, Amazon, Formac
Lorimer Books, and your local indie bookstore.
Toronto’s Birds
100+ species photographed
in the GTA
by Mark Peck, Nancy Barrett,
and Jean Iron
9781459420311 | $34.95
MEETINGS
Meetings are held the last Monday of the month with the exception of June, July, August and December.
For location and a list of upcoming meetings
please click Meetings tab above.
FIELD TRIPS
We have regularly scheduled Field Trips.
For a schedule of
upcoming outings
please click Field Trips
tab above.
BUTTERFLY GARDEN
DRFN, with help from the Canadian Organic Growers Durham Chapter and the City of Oshawa, created a Butterfly Garden in 2004. Please visit! Click the Butterfly Garden tab for information.
VOLUNTEERING AT THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
THE NATURALIST
DRFN publishes 5 newsletter per year.
We call it "The Naturalist"
Friends