2024 Hilliardton Convention Description & Trips
Convention
Location: Hilliardton Marsh Research and Education Centre, 952130 ON-569, Hilliardton
Friday evening:
Meet & Greet: 5:00 pm (Books/optics swap)
Dinner: 6:00 pm
Live streamed program, including the famous Bird Quiz: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday evening:
Meet & Greet: 5:00 pm (Books/optics swap)
Dinner: 6:00 pm
Live streamed program, includes OFO’s AGO, Distinguished Ornithologist Award, Keynote speaker 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Want to Register? – Click Here
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Field Trip Details
Field Trip Brochure – Click Here
Friday
Morning Trip 1: Hilliardton Marsh Songbird Banding and Marsh Hike *Open to paid registrants only.
Time: 8:00 am – 11:30 am
Meet: Hilliardton Marsh Education Centre (aka “The Hive”)
Morning Trip 2: Englehart Sewage Lagoons and Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park
Time: 8:00 am – 11:30 am
Meet: Englehart Tim Horton’s parking lot (north end of town at Hwy. 11)
Afternoon Trip 1: New Liskeard Sewage Lagoons
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Meet: at New Liskeard Walmart Parking Lot, Northwest corner
Afternoon Trip 2: Driving Tour, Cranes and Raptors
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Meet: at Hilliardton Marsh south parking lot
Evening Owl Banding (Weather dependent) *Open to paid registrants only.
Time: 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Meet: Hilliardton Marsh “birdhouse” (across the parking lot
Saturday
Morning Trip 1: Hilliardton Marsh Songbird Banding and Marsh Hike *Open to paid registrants only.
Time: 8:00 am – 11:30 am
Meet: Hilliardton Marsh Education Centre (aka “The Hive”)
Morning Trip 2: Englehart Sewage Lagoons and Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park
Time: 8:00 am – 11:30 am
Meet: Englehart Tim Horton’s parking lot (north end of town at Hwy. 11)
Afternoon Trip 1: New Liskeard Sewage Lagoons
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Meet: at New Liskeard Walmart Parking Lot, Northwest corner
Afternoon Trip 2: Driving Tour, Cranes and Raptors
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Meet: at Hilliardton Marsh south parking lot
Evening Owl Banding (Alternate, in case of poor weather on Friday) *Open to paid registrants only.
Time: 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Meet: Hilliardton Marsh “birdhouse”
Sunday
Morning Trip 1: Hilliardton Marsh Songbird Banding *Open to paid registrants only.
Time: 8:00 am – 9:30 am
Meet: Hilliardton Marsh Education Centre (aka “The Hive”)
Morning Trip 2: Lake Temiskaming Waterfront, New Liskeard to Haileybury
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Meet: TBA
Morning Trip 3: Backroads Birding, South Temiskaming
Time: 8:00 am – 11:30 am
Meet: TBA
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Questions? Email convention@ofo.ca
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