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CATEGORIES:Field Trips
CREATED:20250208T122031
SUMMARY:BIRDING CARDEN ALVAR
LOCATION:Meet at LLPL for 7:30 AM departure
DESCRIPTION:Alvars are a rare landscape, places where limestone flats are near the surf
 ace, creating conditions for a specialized flora and wonderful bird habitat
 . Carden Alvar (about an hour’s drive from Barrie) is a great place to view
  a rich diversity of birds, some of which are very difficult to find elsewh
 ere. \nAlternate rendezvous only (no parking): west parking lot of Atherley
  Narrows Tim Hortons, 3 Creighton St S, Orillia, ON south of HWY 12/Atherle
 y Road between Queen St. & Creighton St. S at 8:00 a.m. Vehicle and eas
 y walking, bring lunch & drinks or enjoy local restaurant. Watch for po
 ison ivy along road edges\n
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 00;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-s
 ize: small;">Alvars are a rare landscape, places where limestone flats are 
 near the surface, creating conditions for a specialized flora and wonderful
  bird habitat. Carden Alvar (about an hour<span lang="en-CA">&rsquo;</span>
 s drive from Barrie) is a great place to view a rich diversity of birds, so
 me of which are very difficult to find elsewhere. </span></span></span></p>
 <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0000
 00;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-s
 ize: small;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="letter-spacin
 g: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: nor
 mal;">Alternate rendezvous only (</span></span></span></span><span style="f
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 nt-style: normal;"><b>no parking</b></span></span></span><span style="font-
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 tyle: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">): west parking lot of At
 herley Narrows Tim Hortons, 3 Creighton St S, Orillia, ON south of HWY 12/A
 therley Road between Queen St. &amp; Creighton St. S at 8:00 a.m.</span></s
 pan></span></span> <i>Vehicle and easy walking, bring lunch &amp; drinks or
  enjoy local restaurant. Watch for poison ivy along road edges</i></span></
 span></span></p>
CONTACT:Brian Gibbon
DTSTAMP:20260416T080553
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250531T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250531T170000
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