Great Backyard Bird Count in
High Park
Friday, February 14, 2-4PM
All Ages
NOTE: Pre-registration is required for all our events, hikes and workshops. We do this to ensure we don’t exceed our capacity for indoor events or the maximum limits for group sizes on High Park’s ecologically sensitive trails. Please register on our website before coming to High Park.
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Great Backyard Bird Count in High Park Details:
Join us with your friends and family for one or all four days of our Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) community science birding event. We’ll walk through High Park identifying, learning about and counting the birds we spot. The data we collect will be submitted to eBird.
Note: This is a beginner and family friendly birding event. Considering the duration and nature of the event, it may be more suitable for older children (10+ years old) or children who are comfortable being outside for long periods of time.
This event is part of the global four-day Great Backyard Bird Count weekend. The event will also take place on the following days:
Price: Pay what you can ($0, $5, $8, $10)
This event is part of the global four-day Great Backyard Bird Count weekend. Join us for one or all four days of this event which will take place on:
- Friday, February 14
- Saturday, February 15
- Sunday, February 16
- Monday, February 17
This event will begin at the High Park Nature Centre’s Forest School building located at 375 Colborne Lodge Drive.
A number of changes were made to the travel network within High Park as part of the High Park Movement Strategy that might influence your decision to drive to High Park. In case you’re driving we strongly recommend you to park your car at the public parking lot near Grenadier Cafe.
We continue to recommend using the TTC or biking as the best way to get to High Park and the Nature Centre. The Nature Centre is situated just a 5-minute walk from the High Park Subway Station. In case you were biking, there are bike racks available in front of the Nature Centre.
Please note, High Park is closed to cars on the weekends. If your event is on a weekend, you will need to park outside the park and walk in, or take transit.
Visit our How To Get Here page to learn more about planning your trips to High Park.
General Admission (Seniors, Adults, Children): Pay what you can: $0, $5, $8 or $10
Hike routes through High Park might include some uneven terrain and mild slopes.
The High Park Nature Centre’s Forest School building is not yet an AODA-compliant facility. We try our best to accommodate accessibility needs on a case-by-case basis. Please reach out to us about any accessibility-related questions you might have.
We welcome registered therapy or guide dogs to our events. However, we kindly ask that that family pets be left at home.
Dogs and other pets are not permitted in our programs. However, certified service animals, such as registered therapy or guide dogs, are welcome.
This event is funded by Enbridge Fueling Futures. We are grateful for their generous support of this and our other events, hikes and workshops in High Park.
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Great Backyard Bird Count in High Park is funded by the Enbridge Fueling Futures. We are grateful for their generous support of this and our other nature events, hikes and workshops in High Park.
