Field Trips

NATURE BARRIE WATERFRONT BIRDING TOUR Download as iCal file
 
Saturday 05 December 2026, 08:00am - 11:30am
 

Leader: Paul Forde

Meet Location: Minet's Point Park parking lot
Start Time: 8:00 a.m.
End Time: 11:30 a.m.
Registration: Not required
Accessibility: Mostly flat trails, boardwalk, with some gentle hills at some locations.
Details: The Barrie waterfront often hosts impressive numbers of migrating waterfowl and occasionally rare species such as Little, Iceland, and Glaucous Gulls. Grebes, Long-tailed Ducks, Red-throated Loons, Pacific Loons, and thousands of Common Loons are possible, along with raptors including Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons. A spotting scope is helpful but not essential. We will drive to two additional locations along the South shore.