2012 NATURE FESTIVALS & BIOBLITZES IN ONTARIO

Nature festivals

Feb 18
Mar 10-11
Mar 17-18
Mar 17-18
May 3-21
May 3-21
May 5-6
May 12
May 12-21
May 19-20
May 25-27
May 27-29
May 31-June 3
June 1-2
June 1-3
June 2-3
June 8-10
June 16
July 8
July 8
Aug 25
Sept 1-2
Sept 14-16
Sept 15-16
Sept 16
Sept 22
Sept 22-23
Sept 29
Oct 6
WInter in the Wild Festival (Algonquin Provincial Park)
Norfolk Wildlife Festival & Adventure Show (Simcoe, Ont.)
Presqu'ile Waterfowl Weekend (Presqu'ile Provincial Park)
Wings of Spring Festival (Rondeau Provincial Park)
Festival of Birds (Point Pelee National Park)
Festival of Flight (Rondeau Provincial Park)
13th annual Spring Toad Festival (Toronto Zoo)
12th annual Tommy Thompson Park Spring Bird Festival (Toronto)
Prince Edward County Spring Birding Festival
Warblers and Whimbrels Weekend (Presqu'ile Provincial Park)
4th annual Wings Over Muskoka (Lake Rosseau, Ont.)
15th annual Huron Fringe Birding Festival (MacGregor Point Provincial Park)
15th annual Huron Fringe Birding Festival (MacGregor Point Provincial Park)
Bruce Peninsula Orchid Festival
Carden Nature Festival (east of Orillia)
Rouge Valley Spring Eco Exploration Event (Rouge Park, Scarborough)
81st annual Ontario Nature AGM & Gathering (Chaffey's Locks, Ont.)
Pollinators Festival (Toronto)
3rd Annual Butterfly and Dragonfly Festival (Backus Heritage C.A.)
Nature Festival (Ball's Falls Conservation Area)
4th annual Tommy Thompson Park Butterfly Festival (Toronto, Ont.)
Monarchs and Migrants Weekend (Presqu'ile Provincial Park)
16th annual Camp Arowhon Nature Weekend (Algonquin Park)
Festival of Hawks (Holiday Beach Migration Observatory)
Monarch Butterfly Migration Festival (Rondeau Provincial Park)
Birds, Beavers and Butterflies Nature Festival (Thickson's Woods)
Festival of Hawks (Holiday Beach Migration Observatory)
3rd annual Ruthven's For the Birds Festival (Haldimand, Ont.)
3rd annual Fall for the Rouge Affair (Rouge Park, Scarborough)

Bioblitzes

BioBlitz [bi'-o-blitz]: An intensive biological inventory undertaken by a group of scientists and volunteers, typically over a 24-hour period, to identify and record observations and locations of all living organisms in a given area.
June 2
June 14
June 15-16
June 15-16
July 17-18
Norfolk Field Naturalists Bioblitz (St. Williams Conservation Reserve)
High Lonesome Nature Reserve Bioblitz (near Perth, Ont.)
Rouge Park Bioblitz (Scarborough, Ont.)
Great Canadian BioBlitz (near Kingston, Ont.) details  program poster
Otty Lake Bioblitz (near Perth, Ont.)