Nature Canada

Our 2016 Spring Bird, Bat & Butterfly Migration Parade is coming!

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Kids taking part in May 2015’s Spring Migration Parade

Nature Canada will be holding another of its annual Spring Migration Parade events on Wednesday, May 25th, along the Ottawa River between Westboro Beach and the Rémic Rapids from 10 am to noon. This section of the river falls within Ottawa’s own internationally significant Lac Deschênes-Ottawa River Important Bird & Biodiversity Area.

The parade, which is meant to symbolize the fantastic seasonal migrations of many of Canada’s wildlife species, will be made  up of 125 elementary school students from three Ottawa area schools. The migration parade is one of our NatureHood program events aimed at connecting urban elementary school students to nearby nature – and nature throughout the hemisphere!

Student participants in the parade will wear masks they’ve decorated to represent migratory species such as birds, butterflies, bats, caribou, dragonflies and even sea turtles and whales! The masks are created as part of in-class lessons Nature Canada conducts with the students at each school. The lessons focus on migratory species, the migration phenomenon, threats faced by migratory species and ways that the students can help migratory species. We also read a story to each class, Is this Panama?, written by Canadian author, Jan Thornhill. It’s a fun, interactive way to learn about the natural sciences! And by taking part in the parade, the students get to be part of the migration story.

Would you like to help with our migration parade? If so, send us an email with the subject line “Parade volunteer”.

Financial support for this event is provided by:

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