New Shorebird Identification Sign at Hillman Marsh

Mounted in the viewing shelter at Hillman Marsh Shorebird Cell is this beautiful new shorebird identification sign. Each species recorded at Hillman Marsh is shown with a photo in breeding plumage together with key identification points. The Ontario Field Ornithologists contributed to the sign financially and with shorebird identification expertise. Photos by Jean Iron, Jeremy Bensette, Cherise Charron, Barry Cherriere, Frank and Sandra Horvath, Dave Milsom, and Mark Peck. Many of the photos were taken at Hillman Marsh and Point Pelee.

 

The new sign in the shorebird viewing shelter at Hillman Marsh

 

Unveiling the new sign on 1 May 2015, left to right, Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) general manager Richard Wyma, ERCA chairperson Ed Steiman, Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) member Jean Iron, Pelee Wings Nature Store owner Mike Malone, OFO director Dave Milsom, and Tourism Windsor-Essex-Pelee Island CEO Gordon Orr. We thank ERCA's Kevin Money and Danielle Stuebing for supporting the production of this sign.