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Many people cherish Point Pelee National Park as a place to find Carolinian landscapes, wildlife and migrating birds. Point Pelee National Park, in this case, will not be offering its Festival of Birds this year, though it will offer virtual presentations and will allow a safe proportion of visitors to the park this spring. More information can be found here https://www.facebook.com/PointPeleeNP and here https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/on/pelee/visit/covid-19-info.
Noah Cole
Hi Patricia,
I have not had the time to explore near Sarnia, though the area is on my list of interest!
I would recommend exploring along the St. Clair River, the shoreline forests, marshes and wetlands will offer a broad and diverse variety of songbirds and interesting species. Between Sarnia and Mitchell’s Bay persay.
I think there are some very interesting grasslands around Petrolia and Oil Springs, I have never been but would love to help give more representation to the bird life and wildlife of the region. ie. meadowlarks, bobolinks, kestrels, harriers, perhaps golden eagles (seasonally) as well? Kettle Point park is well known as a good place to observe migrating species and Pinery Provincial Park will offer abundant species including many migration offerings as well.
Ontario Nature’s Sydenham River Nature Reserve near Glencoe would be a hotspot to see birds on or nearby the Sydenham River.
I like what you are doing for the birds and like reading about the different birds.
I love taking photos of birds and wildlife, but I am not able to go up near Toronto.
Would you know of a few good places I could go not to far from Sarnia to take a few pictures of the different birds or rare birds. I have a lot of robins and I did get a red bird and a yellow bird once.
Thank you and please stay safe !!