 | The acquisition of Hawk Cliff Woods by the Thames Talbot Land Trust was celebrated on September 18th on site at Hawk Cliff Woods. |
The project has seen support from four levels of government and speakers included Karen Vecchio (MP E-M-L), Jeff Yurek (MPP E-M-L), Bernie Wiehle (Warden of Elgin County), David Marr (Mayor Central Elgin), along with Suzanne McDonald (ED TTLT) and Stan Caveney, Campaign Manager for Hawk Cliff Woods, TTLT).
Presentation of Trillium Award, with Jeff Yurek (Elgin Middlesex London MP), David Wake (TTLT President) & Sam Coghlan (Ontario Trillium Foundation)
Hawk Cliff Woods is a stunning 230 acre parcel of upland and ravine Carolinian forest overlooking Lake Erie. The woodland here is one of the most significant deep interior forests in Elgin County. In the maple-beech forest you will find Carolinian specialties, including Tulip-tree as well as the endangered Butternut and American Chestnut. Rare birds such as Eastern Wood-Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Louisiana Waterthrush and Wood Thrush thrive in the deep woods.
Birders, nature lovers, and banders have been visiting this area for generations. As early as 1950 naturalists from London, Port Stanley, and St. Thomas organized public hawk-viewing weekends at Hark Cliff Woods, beginning a tradition of public education and awareness that continues to this day. Hawk Cliff has become internationally known as a "Hawkwatch" site and is world renowned as an observation point for over 20 birds of prey, a place for hawk banding and as a site to see migrating songbirds and Monarch butterflies.
~ from the sign pictured above
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