Inspried by Outerbridge
by ROCKY POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY SOCIETYSunday, 27 October 2024 from 9:00 AM (PDT) to 1:00 PM (PDT)Outerbridge Park, 1181 Royal Oak Drive, access via Blenkinsop Road , Victoria, BC V8X 3T7Ticket Information
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Overview
Please join us for any or all of the special activities offered on Sunday, October 27th
9:00 am Guided Bird Walk
10:00 am Wonderwalk for Kids
11:00 am Presentation: The History of Outerbridge Park with Marlene Russo
12:00 pm Presentation: Bird Safe Window Options with Ann Nightingale
Rocky Point Bird Observatory will be there with the education booth - activities and things to explore!
Details
This event supports our committment to honouring Joan Outerbridge and the legacy she left to our community.
The Rocky Point Bird Observatory education booth and both presentations will be held at the Community Building, and the education booth will be located adjacent to the community building.
Please note that the community building is rustic. The building is heated, but does not provide an indoor bathroom. There is a port-a-potty behind the building.
RPBO has compiled a list of birds you might encounter while visiting the park, see: https://rpbo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/outerbridge_park.pdf
Plan to spend enough time to explore beautiful Outerbridge Park.This property (3.8 ha (9.3 acre)) was owned by Mrs. Outerbridge from the late 80s to 2005. She spent these years creating gardens, ponds and landscape features to create an oasis for wildlife, particularly birds.
For many years the property was known locally as the ‘Shangri-La Bird and Nature Sanctuary’ and was open to the public. Mrs. Outerbridge offered to sell the property to Saanich with the understanding that the park would be kept as a bird and nature sanctuary, and in 2005 it became a park.
A wide variety of native and ornamental plants can be seen in formal and naturalistic settings; many are chosen for the food and shelter they offer birds.