Hello Fellow Birders
The Huron Fringe Birding Festival came to an end this past weekend for
another successful year. The participants were greeted with a total variety
of weather over the 10 days of the festival. We ran the gamut from warm,
sunny days to rain, wind and cold mornings. However this did not deter from
any of the events that were held. The attendees thoroughly enjoyed
themselves and many positive comments were received and ideas put forward
for further years..
Twenty five new species were recorded over the last weekend to bring the
total for this years festival to a grand total of 174, the third highest
total since the festival began back in 1998. One hike on the weekend, an all
day event from 6:00am until around 10:00pm "Bird til you drop" with Michael
Carlson recorded 100 species on the Bruce Peninsula, another on Jim Coles
property recorded 55 for a morning hike and another in MacGregor Park for a
morning walk recorded 71 species.
As you can see the weather did not have an adverse effect on the birds or
the participants.
Thanks to the committee and the many volunteers for a job well done.
Come and join us next year, you will not be disappointed. Check the friends
website on the 1st Feb 2010 for information on our program for 2010.
www.friendsofmacgregor.org
Yours in Birding
Mike Pickup
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