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Saturday 20 January - samedi 20 janvier PARC JEAN DRAPEAU (ÎLE STE-HÉLÈNE & ÎLE NOTRE-DAME) Leader: Sheldon Harvey 8:00 AM From the island of Montreal, take the Jacques Cartier Bridge. At the mid 450 671 3773 way point of the bridge, take the exit for Parc Jean Drapeau (Île Ste Hélène). Stay [email protected] right at the bottom of the ramp, following the one way road that circles the island. You will pass the first large parking lot on the right. Go past the entrance for this lot. You will next see a second parking lot on your right. Continue to the end of the parking lot where the road forks. Take the right hand fork and curl back to the entrance of the lot. Parking is free. This will be a lengthy walking trip. Half day. Newsletter of Bird Protection Quebec 8h00 De Montréal, prenez le pont Jacques Cartier. Vers le milieu du pont, prenez Bulletin de la Protection des oiseaux du Québec la sortie Parc Jean Drapeau (Île Ste Hélène). Elle amène vers un rempart. Suivez Volume 49 Number 3 December 2006 la route à sens unique qui fait le tour de l'île. Il y'a, à droite, deux terrains de stationnement. Allez vers le deuxième terrain de stationnement. Continuez jusqu'au bout du terrain de stationnement où la route se divise en deux. Prenez le côté droit et tournez vers l'entrée du terrain. Le stationnement est gratuit. Ce A Toast to BPQ sera une longue randonnée. Demi journée. Bird Protection Quebec Looking Ahead Map: http://www.parcjeandrapeau.com/images/cartes/pjd_acces_automobile.pdf. The culmination of our 90th Saturday 27 January - samedi 27 janvier celebrations will be the Anniversary MOUNT ROYAL CEMETERY - CIMETIÈRE MONT-ROYAL Celebrates 90 Years dinner on 3 November 2007, featuring all sorts of fun and games Leader: Chuck Kling 8:00 AM Meet at the main gate to the cemetery on chemin de la Forêt, and the highlight, Chris Earley's 514 277 2567 Outremont. Looking for winter finches and owls. Half day. Challenges to bird year. Big Year prizes, rules and after dinner speech, at which he [email protected] 8h00 Rassemblement à la porte principale du cimetière sur le chemin lovers have changed registration forms are well will propose a toast to Bird de la Forêt, Outremont. Espèces recherchées : oiseaux d'hiver et hiboux. somewhat over the publicized elsewhere in this Protection Quebec. Demi journée. ninety years of our newsletter and on our website start Chris has such a wealth of Society's existence: laws making your plans now. Saturday 3 February - samedi 3 février experience as a naturalist, teacher are now in place to HUDSON Education and speaker that it is hard to know prevent the daily slaughter of Winter Bird Courses, monthly where to begin in introducing him. Leader: Barbara MacDuff 8:00 AM Meet at the CPR station on Wharf Street in Hudson. Hwy 40, exit 22 songbirds that was common in meetings and lectures, field trips He is already well known as the 514 457 2222 onto Côte St. Charles north, right on Main Street, left on Wharf Street. Looking the early part of the 20th century and especially for children and beginning author of four Firefly Books: small, [email protected] for winter finches, owls, Pileated Woodpecker, crossbills. Half day. we are more concerned with birders, presence at community day useful, focussed field guides on 8h00 Rassemblement à la gare CPR sur la rue Wharf, Hudson. Prenez l'autoroute degradation of habitat than with events and the reinstitution of the warblers, sparrows and finches, 40, sortie 22, et tournez à droite sur la Côte St Charles nord jusqu'à la rue Main. the fashion industry's fascination hawks and owls, and waterfowl of Tournez à droite et se rendre à la rue Wharf puis tournez à gauche. Espèces Nature Adventure Centre will with feathers. However, challenges Eastern North America. We'll have recherchées : oiseaux d'hiver, hiboux, becs croisés et Grand pic. Demi journée. continue to reach out to potential there still are, and we are proud to nature lovers. some copies for you at the dinner. be able to say that, ninety years on, Conservation Also, some members heard him Trip Advice - De rigeur pour les excursions Cancellations: Trips are rarely cancelled, but in case of extreme weather check with the leader. speak at a function in Point Pelee Clothing: Dress warmly and wear waterproof footwear, even if the day seems mild and dry. the Province of Quebec Society for We expect to have very exciting two years ago and were charmed by Security: Be sure to lock your car securely. the Protection of Birds, or Bird news early in the New Year Transportation: Contact the leader if you need or can offer a lift. Protection Quebec (its operational concerning the acquisition of an his style and anecdotes and Food: Bring plenty to eat and drink, even on half-day trips. name), has been constant and important piece of land for impressed by his knowledge. His day job is Interpretive Annulations: En cas d'intempérie, vérifiez la possibilité d'une annulation avec le responsable. effective in its efforts to protect birds, conservation. Watch this space! Habillement: Vêtements chauds et bottes impérméables sont toujours de rigueur. to educate the public about them, and Biologist and Education Coordinator Sécurité: Assurez-vous de bien verrouiller les portes de votre voiture. Just Plain Fun to promote the peaceful observation at the University of Guelph's Transport: Téléphonez au responsable si vous voulez faire du covoiturage. No birthday celebration would be Arboretum, designing self directed Nourriture: Amenez toujours une collation et quelque chose à boire. rather than the destruction of these complete without a party, and we're wonderful creatures. tours, teaching full day workshops André Pelletier going to have a ball on and keeping track of wildlife We have a lot to celebrate! 3 November. Old friends will greet, sightings there. He also leads tours Bird Protection Quebec Publications Mail Agreement Number 40044323 The celebration, throughout our Chris Earley will speak, a photo for Quest Nature Tours, has done Protection des oiseaux du Québec anniversary year of 2007, will take exhibition will amuse, and great field research in many places, P.O. Box 43, Station B many forms but will be based on our food and drink will be consumed. including the Great Barrier Reef in Montreal, QC H3B 3J5 unchanging goals observation, Make 3 November the first note in Australia, and teaches sketching to education and conservation. your 2007 agenda! Eve Marshall University of Guelph students and Observation birding to high school students. The Big Year of Birding, starting on We look forward to celebrating 1 January 2007, will challenge all our 90th anniversary and hearing members and indeed all Quebec 1917 2007 Chris light hearted but insightful birders, to get out and experience talk. Details about the dinner will be the wonderful world of birding all available in Spring 2007. 16 Bird Protection Quebec The Song Sparrow December 2006 Message From Our President Bird Protection Quebec Upcoming Field Trips - Prochaines Excursions Coordinators: Martin Bowman, 613-347-1655; Wayne Grubert, 450-458-5498 I recently attended the North American Ornithological Conference held in Veracruz, Mexico. Two indelible impressions were left with me following this meeting involving over 1600 participants: experiencing the river of raptors Saturday 2 December - samedi 2 décembre migrating through that area of Mexico, and a new sense of cooperation among TO BE ANNOUNCED - A VENIR ornithological researchers. Contact: Martin Bowman 8:00 AM The leader will decide the ultimate meeting place, route and destination How can there be a river of raptors, I asked myself. We went to a migration 613 347 1655 based on careful monitoring of the best bird sightings during the previous monitoring station at Chichicaxtle, near Cardel in the hills west of Veracruz to Observation Education Conservation pict@glen net.ca week. Check the Songsparrow group email as the date approaches or contact find out. Here we saw vortices of Broad winged Hawks and Black Vultures as Wayne Grubert Wayne or Martin for details. they gained elevation on rising air currents and then suddenly a broad line of Bird Protection Quebec is the operational 450 458 5498 8h00Le guide déterminera la destination et la route à suivre selon les name of The Province of Quebec Society [email protected] signalements d'oiseaux dans la région au cours de la semaine précédente. Vérifiez gliding birds streamed south from a vortex, indeed flowing like a river. The for the Protection of Birds. visual experience was awe inspiring because of the numbers involved and the les courriels du Songsparrow group email durant les journées précédant cette Established 4 January 1917 behaviour as hawks, vultures, kites and storks funneled southward toward date ou téléphonez à Wayne ou Martin pour plus de renseignements. South America. This fall migration of raptors consisting of over 1.5 million birds is the largest yet recorded. Previous highs of less than half these numbers had Officers Saturday 9 December - samedi 9 décembre been recorded in Eilat, Israel. While my buddy David Bird was watching, President Rodger Titman CASSELMAN and STE-ROSE-DE-PRESCOTT, EASTERN ONTARIO counters observed an estimated 24,000 Broad wings and Black Vultures flowing Vice-Presidents Eve Marshall Leaders: Jacques Bouvier 8:30 A.M* Meet in the parking lot of Tim Hortons in Casselman, Ontario. Take Lance Laviolette over their heads within an hour. Mabel McIntosh and Bob Barnhurst who have Hon. Vice-Presidents Robert Carswell 613 524 1154 Highway 40 to the Ontario border.