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Index of Subjects Hi, I have had quite a few birders e-mail me through Birding Pal (Google it) asking about birding in NS. I always reply, with info. about where to go, and where to look for any special birds thry need. I generally advise them to buy Blake's book as a guide to where to go birding, and occasionally if I can, I meet them and take them somewhere. There are also a couple of bird photography internet groups where birders have started to take notice of NS because of my frequent photo posts of birds here, and this summer I took a couple birding and photographing round King's Co., from Texas - who came to NS specifically because of my stuff they had seen. I'm doing the same for a birder from Chicago this Fall. I love taking visiting birders around, but while I'm working full time it's often hard to book ahead or find the time. I know there are others who do the same thing. Like many places now, NS has an annual birding festival (Shelburne Co), but I think the Dept. of Tourism could do more to advertise that, and places like Bird Islands, C.B., and the daily pelagic trips from Brier etc., in places like the ABA magazine and even, e.g. national newspapers. On 8/16/06, Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > Hello Gloria; > > The Nova Scotia Bird Society Website has a list of > birders representing every region of the province > along with their contact info. > > We have quite a few expert birders, some of whom > voluntarily show visiting birders around, free of > charge. We also have some professional birding tour > guides: Blake Maybank (a link to his website is on our > website); Joan Czapalay, Bethsheila Kent (for Cape > Breton) and Fulton Lavender to name a few. > > The Nova Scotia Department of Tourism is well aware of > our organization. We even have a representative who > serves as our official link with NS Tourism. This > year they bought a supply of our birding checklists to > put in their information centres. > > Unfortunately, not all the info we offer NS Tourism > seems to reach the individual tourist bureaus. > However; if a visiting birder "Googles" Nova > Scotia/birds they will be directed to our website: > > http://nsbs.chebucto.org > > If you can think of anything else we (The Bird > Society) can do to promote birding in Nova Scotia - > please let me know. > > Cheers; > > Suzanne Borkowski > President > Nova Scotia Bird Society > > 445-2922 > > suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca > > > > > --- Gloria Gilbert <turtlevoice@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > > --------------------------------- > Recently the owner of a local tourist accomodation > called 3 tourist informationcenters, asking for a > Birding Guide for her guests. No-one was able torefer > her to a birder in the area who was willing to show > them the birdinghot spots. > If we want Bird Watching to bring more tourists to NS, > it might be helpfulfor the Information Centers to have > a contact list for Guides. It wouldbe good to do this > on a province-wide basis, but in the meantime, if > youare willing to be a Guide, please make sure that > your local Tourism Centerhas your name and phone > number. > Thanks! > Gloria > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd., RR#1 Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ###################
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