Explore, Create & Connect This November! 🍂🐦
November brings one last opportunity to explore the outdoors together before winter settles in! Join us for our final guided bird walk of 2026 at Fletcher Wildlife Garden, where we'll discover the birds spending winter in Ottawa and keep an eye out for late-season waterbirds.
Prefer something creative? Our holiday linocut card workshops offer a fun evening of crafting, and you can always enjoy one of our recorded nature presentations from the comfort of home. There's something for everyone in our WBU community!
Carve, Stamp & Create: Holiday Card Workshop 🎨
Our talented local artist Emilie Meredith is back! You may remember her from our popular paint nights, but this time she's teaching us a new creative skill, just in time for the holiday season!
Join us for a fun, hands-on 2.5-hour linocut printing workshop! Emilie will guide you through carving a bird-inspired design into a soft rubber block to create your very own reusable stamp.
You'll learn carving techniques, practise using the tools, and then put your new skills to work stamping and assembling your own beautiful holiday cards. All materials are provided, and no previous experience is necessary! Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
🎁 Take home 5 handmade cards with envelopes and your own hand-carved stamp to keep creating at home!
Location: WBU Kanata Store, 420 Hazeldean Rd.
Cost: $75 per person (HST included)
Ages: 12+
Choose Your Workshop Date
We've added a second evening! Both dates offer the same complete workshop - choose one evening and register below!
Wednesday, November 4
5:30 - 8:00 PM
$75 per person (HST included)
2 spots remaining
Register for November 4 →Wednesday, November 11
5:30 - 8:00 PM
$75 per person (HST included)
8 spots remaining
Register for November 11 →Come on your own or bring a friend for a festive evening of crafting. Make something heartfelt to share this holiday season! 💌
One Last Bird Walk Before Winter! 🐦
Join Daniel Shaw and David O’Neill for our final guided bird walk of 2026 at Fletcher Wildlife Garden! This beginner-friendly outing is a wonderful opportunity to explore nature, learn about local birds and enjoy a morning of birding together.
Maintained by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, this urban wildlife haven features a variety of habitats, including wooded areas, open fields, a pollinator garden, a pond and bird feeders, attracting an impressive diversity of birds throughout the year!
As fall migration wraps up, we'll focus on the birds that call Ottawa home for the winter, including woodpeckers, finches, chickadees and nuthatches. We'll also explore the canal area, where migrating ducks, gulls and other waterbirds may be gathering.
With Project FeederWatch starting up in November, it's the perfect time to get to know the birds that might be visiting your own backyard this winter!
Walk Details
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa
Walk Leaders: Daniel Shaw & David O’Neill
Experience: Beginner-friendly
The walk will last approximately 2 hours, following trails through a variety of habitats.
| Register for Our November 15 Bird Walk |
We look forward to birding with you! 🐦
Take Your Flock on a Fall Scavenger Hunt! 🍂
Enjoy the colours, sounds and discoveries of fall at your own pace!
Our family-friendly Fall Birding Scavenger Hunt invites you to spot birds and signs of the changing season, with suggestions for Ottawa-area trails to explore. Download and print your copy, or pick one up free in-store. No registration required—just head outside and see what you can discover!
Missed Save It! Sow It! Grow It!? - Watch It Now! 🌱
A big thank you to Mélanie Ouellette, Chair and Founder of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library, for joining us to share her knowledge of native plants, seed saving and winter sowing!
If you missed Save It! Sow It! Grow It!, or would simply like to revisit the presentation, the full recording is now available online!
Learn how to harvest, clean and store native plant seeds, explore winter sowing and discover how growing native plants can support birds, pollinators and other local wildlife.
Missed Migration Mysteries? Watch It Now! 🐦
We had a fantastic evening with Patty McLaughlin exploring one of the most remarkable events in the bird world — migration!
If you missed Migration Mysteries, or would simply like to watch it again, the full presentation is now available online. Follow along as Patty explores why birds migrate, where they go, how they find their way and some of the incredible journeys made by familiar local species.
You'll also discover simple ways we can help migrating birds right in our own backyards.
Help Shape What's Next
We're planning more great things and want to hear from you.
What have you loved? What would you like to see more of?
From in-store events and take-home kits to online fun and bird walks, your feedback helps shape what's next for our community events.
Follow us on Facebook @wbuottawa for news & updates on upcoming events.
🐦 Interested in Partnering With Us?
We love collaborating with people who share our passion for birds, nature and lifelong learning.
If you have an idea for a presentation, workshop, walk or creative project that would resonate with our birding community, we'd love to hear from you.
Email us at [email protected] with a brief description of your idea and how it might fit our community.