*PAST EVENT* (ON) Intro to Bird Watching

Event Details

Learn about bird identification, and the birding community, enjoy nature and meet up with the Colour the Trails community!

Date: Saturday August 20th, 2022

Event Time: 10:00am-11:30am

Location: Riverwood Conservancy in Mississauga

This event is taking place on the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the traditional homeland of the Anishinaabe, Wendat, and Haudenosaunee nations. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the lands protected by the “Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement. Today, this place is still home to many First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on this land.

If you need to, you will be able to coordinate carpooling via our private Facebook Group. If you aren’t on Facebook, or need to get in contact, you can email [email protected].

Requirements: 18+ and must be fully vaccinated

Due to limited spots, we ask our allies to please let BIPOC folks register for this event. Thank you!

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Discover your inner birder as we share insights about birding in the Greater Toronto Area!

We’re excited to have Joanne Brathwaite of the Toronto Ornithological Club lead this event. She’s a Black woman in the Toronto birding community who loves photographing birds, talking about birds, and has put together a seriously cool, interactive presentation for us all.

She will cover the technical side of how to find and identify birds, as well as the tools and resources available to you. She will also talk about finding your birding vibe – different birding styles, and being part of the growing birding community.

If you’re interested in connecting to birds and nature, learning about bird identification, and meeting up with the Colour the Trails community, then this event is for you! So come get birdy with us in this interactive birding workshop!

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IMPORTANT:

If you are feeling any flu-like symptoms or symptoms associated to COVID-19, have had COVID-19 in the past 14 days, have been identified by Public Health as a close contact of someone with Covid-19 or have been told to isolate by Public Health before the event, please let us know and stay home.

LGBT Inclusion

Colour the Trails is committed to creating a welcoming space for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals. Participants and organizers will introduce ourselves using our preferred pronouns at the start of each event to ensure participants are all feeling welcome and seen. Please ensure that you use other participants’ preferred pronouns. Thank you in advance for making CTT a welcoming community!

Photo & Video Release Consent:

By purchasing a ticket you grant permission for Colour the Trails and sponsors to use any portion of the photos or videos from this event that have been taken by Colour the Trails videographers and photographers for the purpose of sharing experiences with the community and encouraging future participation in events which can include but is not limited to, print or digital versions, social media and websites without any more compensation or recognition given. Colour the Trails will not use the photographs in a manner that would exploit or cause malicious representation toward you.

Please contact [email protected] BEFORE the event if you do not want to be photographed or on video during an event.