This week shorebirds have shown up on Mirimichi Bay. There have been about 40 to 50 Dunlin, approx.10 or 12 Semipalmated Plover and a couple of Least Sandpipers. Check Horseshoe Bay, also a good spot for Shorebirds, and is the next bay past Mirimichi Bay. Baie Du Dore this week has had about 12 Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover, and an adult Bald Eagle. Kincardine lagoons this week was alive with warblers and other songbirds. Warblers of note were Blackburnian Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Pine Warbler, and Bay breasted Warbler. Sharp-shinned Hawk, Black-billed Cuckoo (3), Scarlet Tanager, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet were also seen. In and around Inverhuron Provincial Park Clay-coloured Sparrow and Field Sparrow were seen. The sparrows were seen in the fields on your right where you turn to go into the park, near the lagoons. Cliff Swallows have also returned. Thanks to the Bruce Birding Club, Dave Schaus, Bonnie Patterson-Collins, Mike Pickup and Fred Jazvac for their reports. Mike Pickup Chair, Huron Fringe Birding Festival The 9th Annual HFBF runs from 26th - 29th May and 1st - 4th June 2006 Please check Friends website in January 2006 for more info. www.friendsofmacgregor.org Directions To reach Bai Du Dore. From Hwy #21 in the village of Underwood south of Port Elgin turn west on the 6th Conc. Bruce and go down to the lake. To reach the Kincardine Lagoons. From Hwy #21 south of Kincardine, turn west on Saratoga Rd. and follow the dirt road to a parking area at the Rail Trail. The lagoons and trail are on the your right. To reach Mirimichi Bay. Travel north on Hwy#21 from Port Elgin. Turn left on 10th Conc. Saugeen and then take the first right and Mirimichi Bay is on your left. Horseshoe Bay is the next bay on your left. Inverhuron Provincial Park is reached from Hwy #21 north of Tiverton. Turn left on 2nd Conc. Bruce and travel west. Look for the signs to the Park before you reach the gates of BNPD on your left. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The HURON FRINGE BIRDING FESTIVAL takes place every year at MacGregor Point Provincial Park. This year the 9th Annual Festival takes place MAY 26 TO JUNE 4. There are over 80 events and over 40 top notch leaders. The migration corridor along the shore of Lake Huron known as "The Huron Fringe", extending from Kincardine to Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula is the area we cover. Our birding hikes, presentations and workshops are lead by very competent birders and naturalists from all Ontario and Michigan. All birders and naturalists from the beginner to the more advanced will find something to pique their interests. To find out more about our program and down load a registration form, visit the Friends of MacGregor Point web site http://www.friendsofmacgregor.org (Click on "Birding Festival" and then on "Events") for accommodation in Saugeen Shores visit http://www.sunsets.com