Activities / Events
- Ontario Hummingbird Festival
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We are happy to announce that this year's Ontario Hummingbird Festival will be held on Saturday, August 21st at Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre in Midland, Ontario.
Event Schedule- 10 am - The Ontario Hummingbird Project - Cindy Cartwright, OHP
- 11 am - Top Plants to Attract Hummingbirds - Helen Riggins, Wye Marsh Gardeners
- 12 pm - Pollinators - Carol Dunk, Ontario Horticultural Society
- 1 pm - Hummingbird Migration - Steve Kapusta, OHP
- 2 pm - Hummingbird Havens - Cindy Cartwright, OHP
- 3 pm - banding demonstration - Steve Kapusta
The banding demonstration will be weather permitting. We will make an announcement on Saturday if we have to cancel for rain or wind.
The following groups will have tables or displays:
- Wye Marsh Gardeners
- Ontario Horticultural Society
- Wye Marsh Store
- Severn Sound Environmental Group
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- Couchiching Conservancy
- Ontario Hummingbird Project
Visit the Wye Marsh website for directions and admission details
- Humming Along at...
- Join the Ontario Hummingbird Project at various locations throughout the province as we share information about hummingbirds through displays, children's activities and interactive discussions. If the weather and the hummingbirds cooperate, there will be opportunities to see the hummingbirds up close and personal during banding demonstrations. Dates will be added as locations are confirmed.
- The Ontario Hummingbird Project in the news!
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A news story was done back in July 2007 on the Ontario Hummingbird Project
and its activities in the Windsor-Essex County area.
Steve Kapusta releases a hummingbird after bandingPhoto courtesy of the Windsor Star