How do you weigh a Warbler? Come and find out at the Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory Annual Open House on Saturday, September 10th, from 9 till 2 PM. A perfect outing that will allow you to see the Cabot Head Research Station behind the scenes as it monitors bird migration at beautiful Wingfield Basin.

The Bruce Peninsula is a major migration corridor for many bird species as they move south to their wintering ground. Over the next two months, birds are caught in nets, banded, identified, aged, measured and recorded before sending them off to continue their journey. At the open house you will have the opportunity to see how this process works, from taking birds out of the mist nets to the final release out the window.

A proud member of the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network, The Cabot Head Research Station is one of 25 bird migration monitoring stations across Canada. Providing baseline information on bird populations by sampling migrants, by capture or observation, daily during migration periods contributes to the knowledge about bird populations and movement.

The open house takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be available during the day. The Cabot Head Research station is located near the Cabot Head Lighthouse on Wingfield Basin. Follow the signs from Dyers Bay. Visit the website www.bpbo.ca ca for more details. Please note that visitors will be shuttled to the station from the gate (near the Cabot Head Lighthouse) or you can walk the one kilometer distance to the station. This event is weather dependent. Rainy and/or windy weather may cause the event to be cancelled. Check the Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory Facebook site for updates on the event.

source: media release, Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory