Interview with Myrna Pearman  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhUfSmu8TI8&feature=youtu.be
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​​I am humbled and honoured to have been recently accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The ceremony was held in Ottawa earlier this week.

How inspiring it was to be in the company of so many exemplary Canadians who also received fellowships, received medals, and who spoke at the evening gala (Dr. Roberta Bondar, Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, Rt. Hon. David Johnson to name a few)! A big thank you to Carol Patterson for the nomination. Carol has been a wonderful personal mentor and Ellis Bird Farm supporter over the years.

The experience was extra special because it was shared with a great personal friend and another Ellis Bird Farm champion (and founding board chairman), Morris Flewwelling. What a treat it was to also be in the company of Dr. Dee (who was also inducted) and Brian Keating (we are pictured here with Anne Innis Dogg, the "Jane Goodall of Giraffes").

​We live in troubled times, but there are so many talented and dedicated men and women across this great land who are working tirelessly on behalf of this beautiful country (and planet). My thanks to them!

Founding EBF Chair, Morris Flewwelling, and EBF Biologist, Myrna Pearman, were both recently accepted as Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Each year, the RCGS awards fellowships as well as medals to meritorious Canadians during a ceremony in Ottawa.   ​

​ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-97-the-homestretch/clip/15748369-royal-canadian-geographic-society-honours-its-fellows
 
   

Ellis Bird Farm is working to enhance the biodiversity of the habitat areas on the farm. We have engaged consultants to assist us in this process, which involves looking at the various management areas and examining various options. Board member Tony Blake is taking the lead on this initiative. 

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Since we cleaned up all the EBF gardens this fall, we thought we'd supplement the diet of our resident snowshoe hares with a few pellets. The deer scarfed all the outside offerings so we decided to place a little pellet pile inside the Grain Elevator (the hares love being in this old building) and use a trail cam to see which creatures availed themselves of the treats. So far, we've recorded the hares, flying squirrels, red squirrels and so many adorable little deer mice. Rather than eating the food, it appears that they just pack it all away. So industrious!  

​We have installed a new fence to accommodate our growing number of display boxes. Claudia Lipski took advantage of the warm(ish) recent weather to move some boxes from the Blue Feather Award fence over to their new home.