St. Francis Valley Naturalists' Club

10/17/2026

Here is the poster for the October 28th presentation

09/21/2026

The Canadian Wildlife Federation is having a “bioblitz” with the ambitious goal of recording everything “bio”. So you can do your part as described on their webpage. As you know there is nothing worse than drawing conclusions about the number of species of bird, insect, plant, or other animal when the small number of observations make the conclusions almost worthless.
https://cwf-fcf.org/en/conserve/inaturalist/bioblitz.

09/13/2026

Another event in the Eastern Townships not to miss.
The Saint Francis Valley Naturalist’s Club (SFVNC) will be at the Biodiversity festival which takes place at the Parc Écoforestier de Johnville (Johnville Bog) on September 26th.
(Poster taken from the event’s Facebook post)

09/11/2026

If you think that your back yard has a lot of birds this presentation takes the idea of a bird sanctuary to the next level

09/08/2026

On Wednesday 30th of September Suzanne Pellerin will present “From a Garden to a Bird Sanctuary”
7:pm Amédée Beaudoin Community centre, rue Samual Gratham, Lennoxville ( Sherbrooke)
(Photo by Sheila Maclean)

09/08/2026

Along with all the fairs this time of year you might like to attend the annual Townshippers festival on Saturday 19th Sept in Bury, qc.
We will be there along with all the other local citizen organizations. We hope to interest you in joining our very diverse naturalist club.

Townshippers’ Festival—one of the year’s most anticipated events in the Eastern Townships—is a day of celebration, culture, and community taking place on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the heart of Bury!

08/17/2026

Hello, all SFVNC members and friends,

Club member Elisabeth Levac sends us this information (attached) on a tree project that she is involved with at BU that may be of interest to you. I certainly will be interested.

Gary

Tree project at Bishop’s

In 2024-2025, we conducted an inventory of the trees on the main part of the Bishop's College campus, at the University of Sherbrooke, and in Jacques-Cartier Park in Sherbrooke.

We created an interactive map of the trees. You can click on a point on the map to get information about that tree. My student created a story map about the Bishop's campus project:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b123f58c50dc42a6b6be16ff3e71f65a

We also built a bilingual website with information on the urban heat island effect and vignettes on the benefits of trees in urban areas: https://www.treecanopysherbrooke.ca/
For the park in Sherbrooke, there's a website entirely in French: https://www.canopeesherbrooke.ca/

And QR codes have been placed on 25 trees on the Bishop's campus (and in the park, and at the University of Sherbrooke). See the attached announcement (one page in English, one page in French). So, you can take a little tour of these three sites and learn about trees.

Les arbres font tellement pour nous ©Elisabeth Levac, 2025 Photo: Parc Jacques Cartier, Sherbrooke, juin 2025 Les arbres jouent un rôle essentiel dans les environnements urbains: ils atténuent la surchauffe des villes en été, capturent les polluants présents dans l’air et améliorent l'esth....

08/03/2026

Hello all SFVNC members and friends,

Below is an invitation from our Georgeville friends inviting us to a walk around the Johnville Bog this Saturday.


Dear GNS Members,

You are invited to join us for a GNS activity, next Saturday, August 8th! We will be exploring the Parc écoforestier de Johnville in Cookshire-Eaton. It’s an easy, beautiful, and educational walk with many boardwalk sections (and no mosquitoes!).

Both GNS members and non-members are welcome. Here are the details:

🕗 When: Saturday, August 8th at 10 am (the walk will last about 2 hours, finishing around noon)
📍 Where: Parc écoforestier de Johnville, chemin North, Cookshire-Eaton (approx. 1 hour drive from Georgeville) (Google maps link)
🚙 Carpooling: Strongly recommended
🧺 Lunch: Bring your own lunch to enjoy together after the walk!

Additional information: In case of rain, the outing will be cancelled.

Please confirm your attendance in advance by August 6th at the latest by contacting Francine Caron Markwell at 819-434-1356 or [email protected].

07/23/2026

This Saturday, there is a Pollinator event at Square Queen in Lennoxville. Now is the time to find out what is and what is not a pollinator flower and which insects do the pollinating (not just bees).
Plus a description of the invasion by different plants and a presentation of a “weather station project” which is new to me.

07/06/2026

Reminder: SFVNC Visit to the St. Jude Birds of Prey Centre. Saturday, July 11th

Hello, all SFVNC members and friends,

The following is a reminder

Next club activity on Saturday July 11th

Visit of the birds of prey rehabilitation center in St-Jude (close to st-Hyacinthe)
Link to get to the center
https://chouetteavoir.ca/nous-joindre/

Adress : 875 rang Salvail Sud, St-Jude

Price : 27,20$ adults, 24,50$ seniors payable upon arrival (includes the guided tour)
If it is raining (light but not heavy rain) the activity can still be on and there is a place inside to lunch

Schedule
10:00 AM: Arrival on the St-Jude parking, and individual hike to wait for everyone
11:00 AM: Presentation with live ambassador birds
12:00 PM: Picnic lunch (bring your lunch)
1:00 PM: Guided tour of the rehabilitation complex in English
2:00 PM: Self-guided tour of the exhibit, trails with aviaries, etc.

Members who want to participate must send me a message or call me before Wednesday afternoon
E-Mail: [email protected]

If I don’t have any reservations the group activity will be cancelled


Camille D.
Lennoxville

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