Explore Our Fall Events & Activities 🍂
There's more happening at WBU this fall! Whether you're heading outdoors with family, joining one of our bird outings or learning something new from home, there's something for everyone.
Take Your Flock on a Fall Scavenger Hunt! 🍂
Looking for a fun way to explore the outdoors this Thanksgiving weekend? Our family-friendly Fall Birding Scavenger Hunt invites you to discover birds, listen for their sounds, admire their colours and look for signs of the changing season.
Bring along your family, friends or favourite birding buddy and see what you can discover! The scavenger hunt also includes some of our favourite Ottawa-area trails to help you choose where to explore.
Pick up a free copy in-store along with a pocket-sized bag of seed for the trails (while supplies last), or download and print your own copy at home.
There's no registration required. Explore at your own pace, wherever and whenever you like!
Bird Where You Are: Birdability Week Bird Outings 🐦
There is no one right way to go birding!
In recognition of Birdability Week, October 19–25, we're exploring locations, tools and different ways of birding that can help make birding more accessible, inclusive and welcoming. These outings are for everyone, including our regular bird walk participants!
We'll take a relaxed pace with time to sit, chat, watch and listen. We'll also try out some fun birding tools and technology, including spotting scope attachments, phone and binocular adapters, Merlin Bird ID, eBird and live feeder cams. You might find a new way to enjoy birding or something you can share with a friend or family member!
With several guides, you can explore farther down the trail or stay closer and let the birds come to you.
Know someone who might enjoy birding with us? Invite them along! If there's something we can do to help you participate comfortably, please let us know at [email protected].
Birdability reminds us that birding is for everybody and every body!
Wild Birds Unlimited is proud to be a 2026 Organizational Sponsor of Birdability.
Thursday, October 22 | Sarsaparilla Trail | 8 am–10 am
Richmond Road • NCC Greenbelt P7
A short 0.9 km loop through the forest with gravel and firm forest paths and no major inclines. Along the way, there are a few benches for resting and a newly constructed wooden lookout overlooking the marsh.
Near the trailhead, there is an outhouse and a covered picnic shelter with tables nestled right in the forest. This will give us a great home base to explore the birding tools and for anyone who would like to spend more time sitting and birding in one area.
Sunday, October 25 | Mer Bleue Bog Trail | 9 am–11 am
NCC Greenbelt P22
This 1.36 km loop begins on a mostly flat stone-dust path before heading onto the wooden boardwalk through the bog. Several benches along the boardwalk provide places to stop, rest and bird, and interpretive signs offer a chance to learn more about this very special habitat and its wildlife.
At the trailhead, there are washroom facilities, accessible parking, a covered picnic shelter with accessible picnic tables, and additional outdoor picnic areas. The boardwalk is narrow in some places, and there is a steeper side slope near the end that can be avoided by turning back rather than completing the loop.
There are lots of options here to walk, sit, bird and explore the bog at your own pace.
New to birding? Then these outings are FOR YOU! Bring binoculars if you have them, but don't worry if you don't — we're pleased to offer complimentary Vortex binoculars for participants to use during our outings. Dress for the weather, wear comfortable footwear suitable for your planned activities, and come ready to discover the birds around us!
Save It! Sow It! Grow It! 🌱
Presentation Recording Coming Soon!
Thank you to Mélanie Ouellette, Chair and Founder of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library, for joining us to share her knowledge of native plants, seed saving and winter sowing!
If you missed the presentation, we're preparing a recording to share with our community. Learn how to harvest, clean and store native plant seeds, explore winter sowing and discover how growing native plants can support birds, pollinators and other local wildlife.
Check back soon for the full presentation!
Missed Migration Mysteries? Watch It Now! 🐦
We had a fantastic evening with Patty McLaughlin exploring one of the most remarkable events in the bird world — migration!
If you missed Migration Mysteries, or would simply like to watch it again, the full presentation is now available online. Follow along as Patty explores why birds migrate, where they go, how they find their way and some of the incredible journeys made by familiar local species.
You'll also discover simple ways we can help migrating birds right in our own backyards.
Help Shape What's Next
We're planning more great things and want to hear from you.
What have you loved? What would you like to see more of?
From in-store events and take-home kits to online fun and bird walks, your feedback helps shape what's next for our community events.
Follow us on Facebook @wbukanata for news & updates on upcoming events.
🐦 Interested in Partnering With Us?
We love collaborating with people who share our passion for birds, nature and lifelong learning.
If you have an idea for a presentation, workshop, walk or creative project that would resonate with our birding community, we'd love to hear from you.
Email us at [email protected] with a brief description of your idea and how it might fit our community.