The August 2023 Friends of Uplands Park bird walk is coming up on Saturday, August 19th. We meet in the main parking lot at Cattle Point at 8:00 a.m. Hope to see you there!
We are excited to announce that “Birding with the Brothers” is back this fall! The bird course will be more advanced than the one back in the spring. It will focus on our fall migrants (such as the shorebirds, gulls, warblers, and sparrows in their drabber and harder to identify non-breeding and juvenile plumages) as well as our returning winter residents like the dabbling ducks and seaducks. Also part of the course, we will be studying fall vagrants – including the rare species possibilities and where and how to find them.
The first class will be on “Hawks in Flight” which will focus on separating our 15 species of hawks (buteos and accipiters), eagles, vultures, and falcons which migrate through Southern Vancouver Island in huge numbers in September and October. The timing will be perfect – just before the Hawk Watch on Saturday, September 23rd! Did you know that Southern Vancouver Island is the best hawk watch site in Western Canada?
The course runs on Wednesday evenings from late September to early November at the Monterey Recreation Centre. Registration is now open through Recreation Oak Bay.
If you have any questions about the course, please contact Geoffrey at karatebrothers10@yahoo.ca
