Huron Fringe Birding Festival:

May 21-26, 2015

In 2014 Bill learned about the annual Huron Fringe Birding Festival from Ottawa birders Anne MacKenzie and Gord Belyea. They highly recommended it. Someone distributed flyers at the OFO banquet in Ottawa in September, which further piqued our interest. We attended the OFO convention with our friends Colin and Hilda, from Kitchener, and together we decided to go to the Huron Fringe Festival in 2015.

We decided to reserve six days in May 2015 to make the trip from Ottawa to Port Elgin on Lake Huron, to the festival centre at MacGregor Point Provincial Park on Lake Huron.

This festival is well planned and run by the Friends of MacGregor and includes a large variety of day and half day trips throughout the Ontario Grey-Bruce area, including the Bruce Peninsula. Trips are led by excellent volunteer guides.

"From our base at MacGregor Point Provincial Park we are uniquely placed to explore Lake Huron's shoreline and the Bruce Peninsula to discover all that spring has to offer." http://friendsofmacgregor.org/page/huron-fringe-birding-festival

We registered online the first day the information was posted in February. http://friendsofmacgregor.org/page/schedule-of-events



Colin and Hilda, registered too.

At the festval, Bill stood out in his orange jacket. Hilda was bundled up in navy blue (it was cold by the shore of Lake Huron). Birders have to be tough!



Colin and Hilda decided to stay at a motel in Port Elgin and we set up our tent at the MacGregor Point campground, near the festival headquarters at the Visitor Centre. We spent two days together birding; as well we attended evening presentations and enjoyed the Saturday night banquet.