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Georgian Bay AreaTop

Algonquin Provincial Park

Meet at the west gate of the Park. Entrance fee.

Spruce Grouse, Black‐backed Woodpecker, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee.

Bruce Peninsula

Bruce birds include Brewer’s Blackbird, Common Raven, Virginia Rail, Clay‐colored Sparrow, Sandhill Crane, Upland Sandpiper, breeding warblers, possibly Great Gray Owl. Also, wildflowers and ferns.

Carden Alvar

Loggerhead Shrike, Sedge Wren, Upland Sandpiper, Grasshopper and Vesper Sparrows and other grassland species.

Manitoulin Island

Cost $20 per person payable at the site. Trip limited to 15 participants. You must register by 1 March. OFO members receive priority. Accommodation at Gordon’s Lodge in Gore Bay can be arranged. No ferry service from Tobermory in April so drive via Sudbury, Espanola and Little Current.

Sharp‐tailed Grouse lek.

Minesing Swamp

Marsh birds, early spring migrants, shorebirds, waterfowl.

Tiny marsh

Waterfowl, early spring migrants.

Luther Marsh

Hamilton AreaTop

Burlington, Hamilton, Stoney Creek

Jaegers, gulls, shorebirds, fall migrants.

James Bay AreaTop

James Bay

Kingston AreaTop

Amherst Island

Kingston and Opinicon Road

Napanee

Morning – breeding birds north of Napanee: Golden‐winged and Prairie Warblers, Yellow‐throated Vireo, Black‐billed and Yellow‐billed Cuckoos.

Afternoon – Amherst Island (ferry fee) for shorebirds, ducks.

London AreaTop

Hawk Cliff

Grand Bend

Late fall and early winter migrants, waterfowl, gulls, jaegers, eagles and resident Tufted Titmice.

Long Point AreaTop

Fisherville Area

Long Point

Waterfowl, swans, Sandhill Cranes, early spring migrants

Niagara River Gull Watch

Directions to the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station overlook on Niagara River Parkway south of Queenston‐Lewiston Bridge to USA. From QEW take Highway 405 towards USA and exit at Stanley Avenue. You must exit Highway 405 at Stanley Avenue. Turn left, crossing over Highway 405, then immediately right onto Portage Road which parallels Highway 405 for 3 km. At Brock Monument traffic circle take first right exit, Niagara Parkway, signed “The Falls“. Follow for 1.8 km to Sir Adam Beck overlook on left.

Rock Point Provincial Park

Shorebirds, waterbirds, early fall migrants.

Ottawa AreaTop

Moses/Saunders Power Dam

Ottawa Area

Waterfowl (5 species of geese possible), Sandhill Cranes, early spring migrants including swans.

Warblers, sparrows, waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls and others.

Palgrave AreaTop

Palgrave, Schomberg, Tottenham

Fall migrants ‐ warblers, flycatchers, shorebirds. Possible plovers, Buff‐breasted Sandpipers, Baird’s Sandpipers.

Peterborough AreaTop

Petroglyphs Provincial Park

Presqu’ile Provincial Park

Fall migrants, shorebirds, hawks.

Peter’s Woods

Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area

Spring migrants.

Quebec AreaTop

Bicknell's Thrush Locations

Rainy RiverTop

Rainy River

Toronto AreaTop

Reesor Pond

Thickson’s Woods

Second Marsh

Durham Region & Lake Ontario Marshes

Early Fall migrant warblers, vireos, flycatchers, shorebirds, and butterflies.

Toronto Waterfront & Islands

Off the QEW, coming from the west, take the exit to Park Lawn. Go south. Cross Lakeshore Road, then turn right to the parking area. Off the QEW, coming from the east, exit at Lakeshore Road. Turn right onto Lakeshore Road, then left at the lights into Humber Bay Park East.

From Harbourfront in Toronto, catch 7.15 a.m. ferry to Ward’s Island. You will need $6.50 in coins ($4.00 seniors).

Early Fall migrants. Winter species: ducks, gulls, waterbirds, finches, raptors.

High Park

Leslie Street Spit
Tommy Thompson Park

Windsor AreaTop

Ojibway Prairie

Point Pelee

Meet at the Visitor Centre in the Park. Park entrance fee.

Fall migrants, raptors, seabirds, shorebirds, Monarch butterflies.

St. Clair National Wildlife Area

Rondeau Provincial Park

Meet at the Park Visitor Centre. Park entrance fee. Some trails may be wet, muddy. Be prepared for mosquitoes.

Spring migrants. Cerulean and Hooded Warblers, Acadian Flycatcher, Broad‐winged Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker and more on territory in one of the largest remnants of Carolinian forest in Ontario.

Holiday Beach

Sarnia