April Meeting
Meeting: Thu Apr 16, 2026
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Speaker: John Reaume
Subject: The American Kestrel
Meetup: Wye Marsh
The American Kestrel
“For the past 6 years we have had the pleasure of watching a pair of American Kestrels nest and raise their young in a Kestrel/Screech Owl box mounted on our workshop and visible from our back porch. This photo essay will explore and review the life history of the Kestrel with intimate views of their nesting behaviour, thanks to an “in-the-box” camera as well as images captured from photo blinds. We will see the differing behaviours of the male and female parents as well as what the avian neighbours think of having a pair of nesting kestrels in their territories!”
John Reaume
John has an eye for detail and has used it in his hobby of wildlife photography these past 37 years. He started off specializing in bird photography but his interests have broadened and now include the wonders from the world of macrophotography (dragonflies and spiders) to astrophotography (sun and moon to far off nebulas). His photos have graced the covers of a number of magazines and books including Ontario’s second Breeding Bird Atlas. John lives in Grey County and is an active member and former president of Saugeen Nature. John is a practicing rural physician in the town of Mount Forest.
