Hello All The Huron Fringe Birding Festival has completed the First weekend with over 270 Attendees and a total of 164 different species. The weather has cooperated with sunny warm days, no rain and lots of birds. The Festival continues next weekend starting on Thursday 2nd June for four more days. The highlight so far has been 6 Whimbrel that flew in for one of the guided hikes. Other birds of note were Common Loon, a Red Shouldered Hawk on two different hikes and in two different locations, Common Moorhen on the DU pond at the south end of MacGregor Park, Black-billed Cuckoo on three different days, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo and 27 species of warblers.
Thanks Mike Pickup Chair, Huron Fringe Birding Festival HFBF runs from the 27th May to 5th June 2005 Please check Friends website www.friendsofmacgregorpark.org for Festival information starting in January 2005.
