Schedule of Events

Festival Fees

Family Individual
Festival $50 $25
Weekend $30 $15
Event $15 $7

Child $3.00/event

Fees include the Park entrance fee.
Festival pass covers the entire 10 day festival.

Friday May 23
2:00 pm NATURE HIKE with Mac Campbell of the Saugeen Field Naturalists.

2:00 pm NATURE HIKE with Gord Cottrill, naturalist.

7:00 pm BIRDS OF PREY with Ross Snider of the Tamarack Raptor Rehabilitation Centre.
9:00 pm OWL PROWL with Ted Cheskey, outdoor educator for the Waterloo Region Board of Education.

Saturday May 24
6:00 am EARLY BIRD HIKE (all morning) with Mark Wiercinski, biologist and eco-tour guide.
6:00 am BIRD HIKE (to 8:00 am) with Judith King and Mike Pickup of The Friends.
7:00 am BIRDING SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA (all day - bring lunch) with Joe Johnson of the Owen Sound Field Naturalists.
8:00 am UP WITH THE BIRDS HIKE (all morning) with Doug Martin of the Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists.
8:00 am BIRD BANDING (all morning) with Ted Cheskey.
10:00 am PANCAKE BRUNCH served by The Friends until 1:00 pm.
11:00 am REGISTRATION for the 24 Hour Birding Challenge.
NOON 24 HOUR BIRDING CHALLENGE begins.
1:30 pm SEX AND THE SINGLE TREE with Jim Coles, forester and President of The Friends (10X eye piece an asset).
1:30 pm BUTTERFLIES with Mary and Tony Rapati, coordinators of the annual MacGregor Point Provincial Park North American Butterfly Association count.
1:30 pm REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS with Steve Marks of the Ontario Herpetological Society.
5:00 pm LASAGNA DINNER served until 6:30 pm by the Southampton Figure Skating Club.
7:00 pm LIVING JEWELS - slide show of warblers with John Reaume, photographer.
9:00 pm NIGHT HIKE with Park staff.

Sunday May 25
7:00 am BIRDING KINCARDINE LAGOONS (all morning) with Dorothy Kings and Judith King of the Saugeen Field Naturalists
7:00 am BIRDING SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY (all day - bring lunch) with Marshall Byle of Huron Fringe Field Naturalists.
8:00 am BIRDING MacGREGOR (all morning) with Jerry Asling of Saugeen Field Naturalists.
11:30 am BBQ LUNCH served by The Friends to 1:00 pm.
NOON 24 HOUR BIRDING CHALLENGE results.
1:30 pm CHILDREN'S BIRDING CHALLENGE with Park staff.
1:30 pm YOUTH NATURE HIKE with Dorothy Kings and Mike Pickup.
1:30 pm DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES - slide show and hike with Alistair MacKenzie, natural heritage educator for Pinery Provincial Park.
1:30 pm CARNIVOROUS PLANTS - slide show and hike with Heather Starrs, naturalist.
7:00 pm HULLETT WILDLIFE AREA - presentation by David Beamer, wildlife area supervisor.

Monday May 26
7:00 am BIRDING SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA (all day - bring lunch) with Mark Wiercinski.
8:00 am BIRDING MacGREGOR (all morning) with Bob Gray, Bruce County Area Ecologist, Ministry of Natural Resources.

Tuesday May 27
8:00 am BIRDING MacGREGOR (all morning) with Mike Pickup.

Thursday May 29
8:00 am BIRDING SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA (all day - restaurant stop) outing with Mike Pickup and Fred Jazvac of The Bruce Birding Club.
7:00 pm SEEING PHOTOGRAPHICALLY - workshop with Willy Waterton, local photographer.

Friday May 30
2:00 pm WITCHES AND WILDFLOWERS with Heather Starrs.
2:00 pm MYTHS, MAGIC AND FOLKLORE OF THE FOREST with Clarke Birchard of The Saugeen Field Naturalists.
7:00 pm ASTRONOMY (to midnight) with Charlie Szabototh of Bruce County Astronomical Society.
9:00 pm OWL PROWL with The Friends.

Saturday May 31
7:00 am BIRDING NORTH BRUCE PENINSULA (all day - bring lunch) with Michael Carlson, biologist and environmentalist.
8:00 am BIRDING MacGREGOR (all morning) with Martin and Kathy Parker of the North Bay Field Naturalists.
8:00 am BIRD BANDING (all day) with Terry Groh and Martin Wernhart of the Ontario Bird Banding Society.
11:30 am BBQ LUNCH served by The Friends to 1:00 pm.
1:30 pm WILDFLOWER HIKE with Joan Crowe, botanist.
1:30 pm BUTTERFLIES with Lorraine Brown of the Owen Sound Field Naturalists.
1:30 pm INSECTS with Steve Marshall of the University of Guelph.
5:00 pm CHILI SUPPER served until 6.30 pm by Port Elgin Rangers.
7:00 pm INSECTS - presentation by Steve Marshall.
9:00 pm NIGHT HIKE with Park staff.

Sunday June 1
8:00 am BIRDING MacGREGOR TO INVERHURON (all morning) Bill Pace of the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists.
8:00 am BIRDING MacGREGOR (all morning) with Michael Carlson.
11:30 am BBQ LUNCH served by The Friends until 1.00 pm.
1:30 pm BIRD TRIVIA QUIZ by The Friends and Park staff.
1:30 pm THE GEOMORPHOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE PARK with Doug Martin.
1:30 pm REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS with Steve Marks.
All events start (promptly) at the Visitor Centre in MacGregor Point Provincial Park.
Car pooling will be arranged, if required.
Food and refreshments will be available at a reasonable cost during the weekends.
Bushnell Scopes - Viewing Tower, Tower Trail - 8:30 am to 4:00 pm on May 24 (Sat.), 25 (Sun.) and 31 (Sat.).