Celebrating birds, nature and their advocates

 

 

Saturday July 28
10am – 2pm
637 Main, Hudson QC

 

You are invited to the first edition of Le Nichoir’s Festival of Birds and Nature.

On the schedule:

  • Wildlife observation walks
  • Mini-seminars
  • Interactive activities for children
  • Informational kiosks
  • Food truck La bohème and POP culture popsicles
  • Bird Friendly® coffee tasting
  • And more …

Participating groups include:

  • Nature-Action Québec
  • Sierra Club Canada Foundation
  • Nature Conservancy of Canada
  • TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
  • Canadian Wildlife Federation
  • Club ornithologique Vaudreuil-Soulanges
  • Vaudreuil-Soulanges Region Watershed Council
  • Bird Protection Québec
  • Société d’horticulture et d’environnement de Saint-Lazare
  • Hudson Food Collective
  • Chief Top Leaf
  • Wood carver Gérard Fuentes
  • Les Sentiers de l’Escapade du Mont-Rigaud
  • Wildlife photographer Simon Bolyn
  • Permabitat
  • And more …

Sponsored by:

 

Brome Bird Care

 

Seminar Schedule

Seminars will be held in the TD Classroom (30 minutes in length, language as indicated)

10h30 Sentiers de l’Escapade – Riguad (FR)
Découvrez la faune locale et les meilleurs moyens de cohabiter

11h30 Gérard Fuentes – Sculpteur (FR)
Découvrez étape par étape, le procédé derrière la création d’un canard de bois sculpté

12h30 Simon Bolyn – Photographer (EN)
Tip, tricks and stories from a wildlife photographer

13h30 Joël Coutu – Ornithologist (EN)
Learn about the wildlife and importance of urban and suburban wetlands and their conservation

 

Bird-watching walks

10h15 – Avec Joël Coutu (FR/EN)
Avancée – 2 heures

10h30 – Avec le Club ornithologiques Vaudreuil-Soulanges (FR)
Introduction – 45 minutes

11h – Led by Bird Protection Québec (EN)
Introduction – 45 minutes

11h30 – Avec le Club ornithologiques Vaudreuil-Soulanges (FR)
Introduction – 45 minutes

12h – Led by Bird Protection Québec (EN)
Introduction – 45 minutes

12h30 – Avec le Club ornithologiques Vaudreuil-Soulanges (FR)
Introduction – 45 minutes

13h – Led by Bird Protection Québec (EN)
Introduction – 45 minutes