2023 Program
Birding and family activities – Science outreach – Entertainment – Contest
From Monday, 18 to Sunday 24 September 2023
This 13th edition of the Côte-Nord Migratory Bird Festival takes place between Tadoussac and Colombier, Québec.
The programme of the 2023 festival is being prepared.
The event is organized by the Tadoussac Bird Observatory includes activities for everyone. Come and discover the beauty and richness of the North Shore’s fauna and flora.
For your information, please find below the 2022 program of this 12th edition of the Côte-Nord Migratory Bird Festival which takes place between Tadoussac and Colombier, Québec.
Thursday 22
7am to 11pm – Demonstration
Passerine banding demonstration
Free access
8am – Excursion
Electric bike tour
Booking
9am – Cruise
Pelagic birdwatching tour
Booking
2pm – Cruise
Pelagic birdwatching tour
Booking
8pm – Screening
“L’heure blanche” by Vincent Chabloz
Free access
8pm – Interpretation activity
Let yourself be charmed by the owls
Booking
10pm – Interpretation activity
Let yourself be charmed by the owls
Booking
Friday 23
7am to 11pm – Demonstration
Passerine banding demonstration
Free access
8am – Excursion
Electric bike tour
Booking
9am – Cruise
Pelagic birdwatching tour
Booking
12pm to 5pm – Art exhibit- Jean-Claude St-Hilaire
“Des oiseaux dans les mains”
Free access
5pm – Official launch of the Festival
Welcome drink with Pierre Verville
Free access
7:45pm – Quiz night
Tadoussac Microbrewery Pub
Free access
8pm – Interpretation activity
Let yourself be charmed by the owls
Booking
10pm – Interpretation activity
Let yourself be charmed by the owls
Booking
Saturday 24
7am to 11pm – Demonstration
Passerine banding demonstration
Free access
8am – Excursion
Electric bike tour
Booking
8am – Excursion
Discover the Haute-Côte-Nord
Booking
8am to 12pm – Identification presented by Hydro-Québec
Raptors in flight : How to identify them ?
Free access
8am to 3pm – Entertainment
Kiosks and entertainments at the Dunes of Tadoussac
Free access
8:30am – Hiking
Guided hike in Tadoussac
Booking
9am – Cruise
Pelagic birdwatching tour
Booking
9am to 5pm – Family activities
Watercolor workshop
Free access
10am to 2pm – Family activities
Stuffed Bird extraction – Face Painting – Hand in the Bag
Free access
12pm to 5pm – Art exhibit – Jean-Claude St-Hilaire
“Des oiseaux dans les mains”
Free access
2.30pm – Conference presented by Tourisme Côte-Nord
“To cross or not to cross the St. Lawrence? Bird migration in eastern Quebec” by Pierre-Alexandre Dumas (Fr with En slides)
Free access
4pm – Cruise
Pelagic birdwatching tour
Booking
7pm – Conference followed by Pierre Verville’s animation presented by la Municipalité de Tadoussac
“The strategic location of TBO within the migratory landscape of the Americas” by Jean-François Therrien scientific director of the TBO (Fr with En slides)
Booking
8pm – Interpretation activity
Let yourself be charmed by the owls
Booking
10pm – Interpretation activity
Let yourself be charmed by the owls
Booking
Sunday 25
7am to 11pm – Demonstration
Passerine banding demonstration
Free access
8am – Excursion
Electric bike tour
Booking
8am to 12pm – Identification presented by Hydro-Québec
Raptors in flight : How to identify them ?
Free access
8:30am – Hiking
Guided hike in Tadoussac
Booking
8:30am – Fundraising brunch
For the benefit of the TBO at the Tadoussac Hotel
Free access
9am – Cruise
Pelagic birdwatching tour
Booking
10am – Conference presented by the MRC de la Haute-Côte-Nord dans le cadre de l’entente de développement culturel
“Following bird migrations with the installation of Motus transmitters” by Alexandre Terrigeol, TBO’s Director of Operations (Fr with En slides)
Free access
10am to 2pm – Family activities
Stuffed Bird extraction- Face Painting – Hand in the Bag
Free access
12pm to 5pm – Art exhibit – Jean-Claude St-Hilaire
“Des oiseaux dans les mains”
Free access
8pm – Interpretation activity
Let yourself be charmed by the owls
Booking