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September 23, 2025 - Kawartha Lakes Wildlife with guest speaker Dave Ellis @ 7:00 p.m.  Scugog Memorial Library, Port Perry, ON

Dave Ellis will bring the wildlife of Kawartha Lakes to Scugog through his photography at the September meeting of North Durham Nature. Since 2016 Dave has been spending time exploring and photographing nature in the Kawartha Lakes. His patience and photographic skills have resulted in a varied and exciting collection of wildlife photographs. At this presentation Dave will share the natural history of his subjects, the photographic challenges of capturing these images and will emphasize the responsibilities that all nature photographers must exercise.

Dave Ellis lives in Omemee Ontario where he spends many days each year immersed in the natural spaces of the Kawartha Lakes. You may know Dave’s work from his weekly column in the Peterborough This Week and Kawartha Lakes This Week, newspapers. He began writing a wildlife photo column for them in 2018 and continued until the newspapers ceased publishing in 2023. His column and photos were moved over to the Peterborough Examiner where he continues to write a column each week. His photos have also been featured in Outdoor Canada Magazine, Canadian Geographic Magazine, The Toronto Star, PTBO News Canada, and will be featured in an upcoming John McQuarrie coffee table book. Each year Dave and his wife, Astrid publish a calendar featuring the wildlife of Kawartha Lakes.

All are welcome to this presentation. Visit www.northdurhamnature.com for information about our outings and other talks.