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SUMMARY OF ESSEX COUNTY’S 2023 BIRDING CHECKLIST
– 309 species – By Cameron Chevalier 2023 proved to be a truly unprecedented year for birding in Essex County. The 309 species recorded in the county represent the highest total for any single Canadian county in a year (per eBird data). In the process, Essex added a staggering 5 species to its checklist (Willow Ptarmigan, Glaucous-winged Gull, White-winged Tern, Ferruginous Hawk, and Cassin’s Kingbird), with one additional species added to the Point Pelee Birding [...]
Collaborative ‘Big Sit’ event at Point Pelee
By Jeremy Hatt On November 18, the Essex County Field Naturalists’ Club joined up w/ the Windsor Feminist Bird Club to host a Big Sit at the Delaurier parking lot in Point Pelee National Park. A Big Sit is as fun as it sounds! The basic idea is for birders stay in one spot, often in a comfortable chair, for an extended period to watch all the birds that fly by or over and [...]
ECFNC 36th Annual Dinner – November 4, 2023
By JoAnn Grondin Our Annual Dinner went very well despite some setbacks. Many thanks to our volunteers, those who attended, our speaker Dennis Higgs and our MC Kory Renaud. Although we used to get numbers in the 80’s attending, we were expecting 59 people this time. This allowed us to do some social distancing at each table with 6 people instead of 8. It was a very pleasant evening and I have lots of people [...]
2023 Events and Pop-ups – A Year in Review
By Kristen Derbyshire By the close of the year, the club will have hosted a total of 54 events! That’s more than one event per week of the year. We’re really keeping you guys busy! Of that total number of events, 41 will have been Pop-ups - smaller scale gatherings which are organized by the Membership Committee to bring us all together for a moment and immerse ourselves in the abundant nature of Windsor-Essex County. [...]
2023 Butterfly Count
By Chris Hart Edwards' hairstreak by Ali Mokdad Each year, groups of passionate Lepidopterists, excited naturalists, and curious newcomers (…with one person stuck trying to frantically keep track of all the species being yelled out) take to the fields to try and spot as many butterflies as they can. This information helps to provide insight on the abundance and diversity of local populations, as well creating a much bigger picture, through the census reports published [...]