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Byron Shorebirds & Waterbirds
There are plenty of things to do on the north coast for bird lovers during March and April 2010.
ROCKY SHORELINE WALKS
Byron Bird Buddies and Wetland Care Australia are conducting a number of free rocky shoreline walks up and down the north coast. The dates are listed below. All tours are conducted at low tide. Contact Simone Haigh on 66816169 for bookings.
Saturday 20th March @ Brooms Head 4.30pm
Thursday 8th April @ Hastings Point 9.30am
Friday 9th April @ Evans Head (Snapper Rocks) 10am
A rocky shoreline walk held at Arrawarra on Monday 8th March was well attended by over twenty local residents and some visitors. Patrick from the Solitary Islands Marine Parks Authority proved an excellent interpretive guide on coasltal ecology. Allow two hours for the walks. 
SHOREBIRD IDENTIFICATION and ART CLASSES AT THE GRAFTON LIBRARY
Byron Bird Buddies and the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority are presenting two shorebird & waterbird identification class at the Grafton Library on Tuesday 14th April. The classes are suitable for children and adults alike. There will be a shorebird art class following the first identification session at 10.30am. A special identification and art class for mothers and toddlers will follow at 2.30pm.
For further information contact the Grafton Library on 66430254.
Byron Bird Buddies are an education and conservation group primarily concerned with the conservation of shorebird, seabird and waterbird breeding, feeding and resting habitats from Lennox Head to North Ocean Shores, an area which encompasses the Cape Byron Marine Park on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia.