- HikeType Rainbow Hike
- HikeIcon https://hikes.brucetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/7/image.png
- PaceTypes Leisurely - 3km/hr or less
- TerrainTypes Easy - Mostly flat and usually good footing
- PaidOuting No
Registration Required:
Click here to register for this hike (23 spots remaining)
Hosting Club: Iroquoia
Category: Rainbow Hike
Location (Google Maps): Bayfront Park at the Hamilton Harbour Waterfront Trail
Hike Leader(s): Shayne Ward Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely - 3km/hr or less
Terrain: Easy - Mostly flat and usually good footing
Description
Join us as we kick off Hamilton Pride with LGBT (Let's Go Birding Together) and a colourful evening of birding! 🦅🦉🦆🌈
For this edition, it's encouraged to come dressed in the colours of your favourite bird! 🌈
This gentle late-afternoon outing will explore the trails around the Hamilton Harbour and Princess Point, one of our region's important migration areas. We will start at the trailhead parking lot of the Hamilton Habour Waterfront Trail at Bayfront Park.
Plan to arrive for 615PM and we'll have a small crash course on downloading and using two popular birding apps, Merlin Bird ID and eBird recording our sightings! We'll depart by 630-640PM. Hoping to catch some Blue Herons, Swans, Cormorants, and if we're lucky, a sighting of the RBG resident Bald Eagles! We will end around 830PM when the evening Hamilton Pride festivities kick off at Pier 4!
🌈 This is a queer-led, 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusive Rainbow Hike, welcoming LGBTQ+ hikers, allies, birders, photographers, and anyone interested in connecting with nature and community. This is a short, relaxed hike (approx. 5 km or less) designed to get us moving and birding!
What to Bring
• Water and light snacks
• Weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear
• Binoculars or camera if you have them (optional but fun! And a cell phone counts!)
Not a Bruce Trail member yet?! Sign up here!
https://brucetrail.org/become-a-member/
Come enjoy a spring morning on the trail, celebrate migratory birds, and connect with your Bruce Trail community!
🐾 Please leave pets at home for this hike unless required for accessibility support! We are passing through an important bird migration and nesting area, so we want to keep disturbance to our feathered friends to a minimum! 🐦
🚗 🚌 This outing is accessible by car or public transit.
Planning to drive?
Parking is free but limited at Bayfront Park.
Taking the Bus?
HSR #99 stops near the trailhead entrance! Map of the bus and it's schedule can be found here.
https://www.hamilton.ca/sites/default/files/2024-06/hsr-route-99-waterfront-shuttle-jun24_0.pdf
Free Bruce Trail Rainbow badges and stickers for all participants!
Questions? Simply click "Contact Hike Leader" on the registration form.