The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) offers a variety of events throughout the year. Below you will find descriptions of planned events for 2022. Check back regularly as we will add details and new events. Once an event is ready to accept registrations a link to the Registration Page will be added.
Don Smith Memorial Spring Bird Walk
Saturday, May 21 (rain date - Sunday, May 22) at 6:30am starting at rail trail parking area across the rail trail from Haliburton Highlands Secondary School playing field.
Join Ed Poropat to discover which birds are returning to Haliburton County and can be seen and/or heard along the rail trail. Spring warblers are a colourful delight to find at this time.
Pre-registration required. Click Here to Register
The Mystery of Ontario's Lost Native Ladybugs
Thursday June 2nd at 7:00 p.m. via zoom
Join HHLT Chair Shelley Hunt and guest Dr. Steven Paiero, Curator of the University of Guelph Insect Collection for a presentation on Ontario’s lost native ladybugs. You will learn about identification, preferred habitat, life cycle and threats. Once common in Ontario, there have been no records of the nine-spotted ladybug, or the transverse ladybug, since the mid 1990s and they are now both listed as endangered species. However, it is believed that there may still be some populations around. We invite you to become a citizen scientist. Your sleuthing efforts may help discover these populations.
Pre-registration required. Click Here to Register
Haliburton Highlands Land Trust Annual General Meeting
Thursday June 23, 2022 via ZOOM
We hope you will participate in our AGM this year! Due to popular demand our 2022 AGM will once again be held online via ZOOM.
Only current members in good standing are allowed to vote. To renew your membership or become a member CLICK HERE. If you are unsure of your membership status, please call our office at 705-457-3700 or email admin@haliburtonlandtrust.ca and we will assist you.
All relevant financials, resolutions and reports will be posted on our website three weeks before the meeting.
Step 1 - Ensure your HHLT membership is up to date
Step 2 - Register to participate in this AGM CLICK HERE
Step 3 - We will email you a week before the meeting to send you our ZOOM password and all AGM information that you will need to participate.
Step 4 - Login to ZOOM at 7:00 PM on Thursday June 23, 2022 to participate.
Marvelous Moths
Sat June 25, raindate Sun June 26
Barnum Creek Nature Reserve
Join Ontario moth experts as they carefully live-trap, record, photograph and release a variety of moths. You will be amazed by the beauty and wide variety of moth species. As the moths are gently released you will get an up-close look at some common and possibly rare moths. Wear a bug hat or suit and dress for the weather. Details and registration to follow. Admission by donation.
This event is partially funded by TD Friends of the Environment Fund.
Where is the Whip-poor-will?
Saturday July 13, 2022
8:15PM at the Bathe Farm near Gelert - address provided upon registration
Join Dave Bathe to learn about this interesting nocturnal species whose name sounds exactly like its call. You will learn about its habitat preferences, diet, and distinguishing characteristics. You will also learn about the present threats to its habitat and how you can maintain and/or improve this habitat. After the presentation, we will go outside and listen to the Whip-poor-wills calling on Dave’s property. This event is partially funded by Environment Canada & Climate Change, Habitat Stewardship Program.
Registration required. Registration will open in late May. Admission by donation.
Mini-bioblitz for Native Ontario Ladybugs
Sunday June 12, 2022
Barnum Creek Nature Reserve
Details and registration to follow.
Bats in the Night
Early August, location and details to follow.
Join bat enthusiasts on this late evening walk where you will use special bat listening devices to “hear” bats as they fly overhead. All eight species of bats found in Ontario have been identified in Haliburton County. However bat populations are declining for a variety of reasons and 4 out of 8 species are listed as endangered. In 2021 HHLT recorded a number of bats at Dahl Forest and Barnum Creek Nature Reserve.
This event is partially funded by TD Friends of the Environment Fund.
