Walk Description
Join Nature Guelph for a day of hawk watching in the Lake Erie region. With the fall migration underway, we will visit a prime location for raptor viewing – Hawk Cliff (Port Stanley, ON). This outing will be a follow-up for our October speaker session (Oct 3 – Introduction to Hawkwatching).
Hawk Cliff – Port Stanley – https://maps.app.goo.gl/rnF4SVkrvZZh8ZHv6 (1 hour 45 minutes)
Over the years Hawk Cliff, in Port Stanley, has grown in popularity and today it is recognized as one of the prime fall migration hawk watching destinations in North America. Birders can normally expect to see some 15 different raptor species with typical count totals reaching several thousand birds per day. On a few exceptional occasions, lucky visitors have witnessed the amazing spectacle of over 100,000 raptors of various species migrating past Hawk Cliff in a single day!
REGISTRATION REQUIRED (Limited to 20 participants): https://forms.gle/2yx682Gtv6Nn5irT7
LOCATION & TIME: Meet at Wild Birds Unlimited (987 Gordon Street, Unit 2, Guelph ON N1G 4W3) to arrange carpooling at 8 am. We should arrive back in Guelph by 3 or 4 pm.
IMPORTANT DETAILS
- This event is family-friendly, BUT there will be prolonged periods of waiting/standing around, potentially in cold, windy, and/or wet weather. This event is likely not suitable for young children.
- This event is NOT dog-friendly.
- This will be a full day please be prepared with snacks, lunch, water and a warm beverage. There are opportunities for quick food stops along the way or bring your own lunch.
- DRESS WARMLY! It will be colder than you think! Dress for the weather – it’s often colder than you think along the water, so wear lots of layers! And you might get wet next to the falls.
- Bring your binoculars and spotting scopes if you have them. If you need some binoculars, Guelph Public Library has binoculars that can be borrowed.
- Carpooling can be arranged by participants at the meeting spot or ahead of time.
Email Bird Wing@slategray-goat-873595.hostingersite.com if you have any event-related questions. Please do not request assistance with registration through our social media accounts.
Photo Credit: Tom Thomas