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Home Events - Festival of Birds SPOTLIGHT ON – Shorebird ID (12 pm) May 11

SPOTLIGHT ON – Shorebird ID (12 pm) May 11

This workshop covers 28 regularly occurring spring migrant and breeding shorebirds, plus 8 rarer species that migrate through southern Ontario to their Arctic breeding grounds. The focus will be on Point Pelee area shorebirds. This workshop is loaded with tips to sharpen identification skills, and you will increase your knowledge of shorebird molts, plumages and aging. Learn to identify shorebirds by using diagnostic field marks supplemented by jizz or gissgeneral impression of size and shape. Test your new knowledge by doing interactive shorebird quizzes. Find out the best spots to see shorebirds in spring.

  • Program provided by Quest Nature Tours.
  • Visitor Centre Theatre
  • Included with park admission
  • Registration not required

Date

May 11 2024

Time

12:00 pm

Location

Visitor Centre Theatre
Point Pelee National Park