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Ontario Nature article on the NPH, Migration, and Learning Raptor ID – 2024
This spring, the NPH was visited by Julia Zarankin from Ontario Nature, you can read more about it here: https://catalog.ontarionature.org/fall-2024/page/28-29
NPH Raptor Identification Course – Jan-Feb, 2025
The Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch will be offering the identification course again for winter 2025! Nine webinars will be held on Mondays and Thursdays beginning January 27, 2025. Please note, registration is now closed for this year’s sessions. More details can be found here: https://nphawkwatch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Raptor-ID-Course-Winter-2025-1-1.pdf
NPCA Hawkwatch Open House – March 29, 2024
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority will be hosting this year’s open house at Ball’s Falls, more details can be found here: https://npca.ca/events/
NPCA Press Release – 2023 Migration Monitoring
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority has issued an April 2023 press release on raptor migration monitoring at Beamer, detailing the history of the site, the NPH’s ongoing efforts, and changes observed over the nearly 49 years of the watch. The release can be found here: https://npca.ca/newsroom/article/monitoring-spring-migration-beamer
Public Comment: Falconry Regulations
We have issued a public comment on recently proposed changes to falconry regulations, raising important questions and concerns regarding the rationale and supportability of eased restrictions on annual bird takes. Click here to read our submission.
If you require additional information, please contact Keith Dieroff (kdieroff@yahoo.ca).
Ontario Nature and other nature groups, and the Ontario Field Ornithologists have also submitted responses to the proposal, which you may find at:
https://view.publitas.com/on-nature/ero-019-1806-falconry/page/1
Upcoming Events
27
Jan
Raptor ID Course
The Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch is pleased to announce that our Raptor Identification Course will be offered again for winter 2024, just in time for spring raptor migration. This course was created by Catherine Manschot who is a former teacher, a hawk enthusiast, and an NPH committee member and counter. Registration now closed. For more details, please click here.
01
Mar
Annual Watch
The Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch begins its season of couting migrating raptors at Beaner Memorial Conservation Area in Grimsby, on March 1. We hope you’ll join us for the spring 2025 migration!
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apr
Annual General Meeting and Banquet
Join us this April at the Casablanca Winery Inn for dinner and a talk by Stu Mackenzie from Birds Canada. More details can be found here.
Please contact Keith Dieroff (kdieroff@yahoo.ca) to book your tickets.